Definitions
A large water-loving rodent known for its flat tail and dam building.
Word origin
From Middle English bever, from Old English befer, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).
Used in a sentence
“a broad beaver slouched over his eyes”
“The woman's hair and woman's beaver had both been jerked off, exposing the cropped head of a man...”
“The beards were false ones. I could see the elastic going over their ears. In other words, I had fallen among a band of criminals who were not wilful beavers, but had merely assumed the fungus for purposes of disguise.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dam-building animal”6 letters
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