DESMAN


Meaning of DESMAN in English

/des"meuhn/ , n. , pl. desmans .

either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.

[ 1765-75; desman-råtta muskrat ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .