beavers

noun

Definition of beaversnext
plural of beaver
as in muskrats

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  1. muskrat
  2. otter
  3. mink
  4. racoon
  5. raccoon
  6. rabbit
Noun
  • Edward’s parenting was particularly industrious, requiring his children to paint their own rooms, make their own clothes and earn extra cash by trapping and skinning muskrats to sell their pelts.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The researchers also analyzed several other species raised for fur, meat, and medicinal purposes, including deer, muskrats, guinea pigs, rabbits, and badgers.
    ByJon Cohen, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of muskrat
Noun
  • There are others too: gorilla, aardvark, Himalayan blue sheep, the Giant Japanese Salamander and the Asian small-clawed otter, to name a few.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Over the past 50 years, otter populations have rebounded with federal protection.
    Michael Heithaus, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of otter
Noun
  • At last, a show about retirees, with their mink coats and cha-cha lessons.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Wispy hybrids, classic sets, 35mm minks, and more, lash extensions provided a semi-permanent alternative to strip lashes and mascara.
    Cierra Black, Essence, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of mink
Noun
  • Peanut the squirrel and Fred the racoon have captivated people across the nation − and rallied those who find the animals' euthanasia at the hands of the government unjust.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
  • On Friday, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Chemung County Department of Health announced that a squirrel and a racoon had been euthanized to test for rabies.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of racoon
Noun
  • Research on dairy farms has shown the virus spreads efficiently between mammals, including from cows to other species like raccoons and cats.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of raccoon
Noun
  • Jaguars also eat peccaries, capybaras, pacas, agoutis, deer, opossum, rabbits, armadillos, caimans, turtles and livestock, depending on their habitat.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Absent any last minute rabbits videoed popping up in magician’s hats, then the key date looks like being January 19.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of rabbit
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