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Musquash root
Musquash Mus"quash, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) See Muskrat. Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.

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- Mackenzie's water hemlock, Beaver-poison, Children's-bane, Snakeweed and Musquash-poison. The plant contains cicutoxin, which disrupts the workings of the...
- water hemlock Cicuta maculataspotted water hemlock, spotted cowbane, musquash-root, beaver-poison Cicuta virosa — MacKenzie's water hemlock, northern water...
- 'deer' of attucke (ahtuhq) /ahtəhk/ Ondatra zibethicus, 'muskrat' or musquash (musqâhs) /məskʷaːhs/ Neogale macrodon (extinct), 'sea mink' Family Phocidae...
- *maškye·kwi). Muskrat (definition) A folk-etymologized reshaping of earlier "musquash", from M****achusett (c.f. Western Abenaki mòskwas), apparently from Proto-Algonquian...
- the 'Youcon' and carry on a trade with the natives, as well as with the Musquash [Gwich'in] Indians ... I have seen a large camp of the latter tribe on...
- the word muskrat was altered to match rat, replacing the original form musquash, which derives from an Algonquian (possibly Powhatan) word, muscascus (literally...
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- the 'Youcon' and carry on a trade with the natives, as well as with the Musquash [Gwich'in] Indians ... I have seen a large camp of the latter tribe on...
- (Mephitis mephitis), squnck/(sukôk). muskrat, 'muskrat' (Ondatra zibithecus), musquash, 'reddish animal.' tautog, 'blackfish' (Tautoga onitis), from Narragansett...
- the 'Youcon' and carry on a trade with the natives, as well as with the Musquash [Gwichʼin] Indians ... I have seen a large camp of the latter tribe on...