DESMAN


Meaning of DESMAN in English

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.