Sewellel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small, thick-bodied rodent (Aplodontia rufa) of the Pacific coast of North America, having tiny eyes and small ears and usually found in communal burrows dug in the banks of streams. Also called mountain beaver.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidæ. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A rodent mammal of the family Haplodontidæ, Haplodon rufus, inhabiting Washington and Oregon and parts of California
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gnawer    rodent   
    Variant
    boomer    showt'l    mountain beaver