/ ˈmʌskwɒʃ; NAmE -skwɑːʃ; -skwɔːʃ/ noun
[ U ] the fur of the muskrat
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Abnaki mòskwas . Abnaki is an extinct Algonquian language.
/ ˈmʌskwɒʃ; NAmE -skwɑːʃ; -skwɔːʃ/ noun
[ U ] the fur of the muskrat
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Abnaki mòskwas . Abnaki is an extinct Algonquian language.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005