n. (pl. desmans) any aquatic flesh-eating shrewlike mammal of two species, one originating in Russia (Desmana moschata) and one in the Pyrenees (Galemys pyrenaicus).
Etymology: F & G f. Sw. desman-r{aring}tta musk-rat
n. (pl. desmans) any aquatic flesh-eating shrewlike mammal of two species, one originating in Russia (Desmana moschata) and one in the Pyrenees (Galemys pyrenaicus).
Etymology: F & G f. Sw. desman-r{aring}tta musk-rat
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012