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desman

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɛsmən/Sorted ademnsStarts with DEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A small semi-aquatic mole-like mammal of Europe.

Word origin

From French desman, German Desman, from Swedish desmanråtta (“muskrat”), from desman (“musk”, older also desma, desme), from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, alteration of *besamo (cf. Old High German bisamo), from Late Latin bisamum (“musk”), from Hebrew בושם (bāśām, bōśem). Doublet of balm and balsam.

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  • Unlike the Russian desman, the Pyrenean species lives along fast-flowing mountain streams.
  • Restricted to the Old World, desmans have a diet consisting of aquatic invertebrates and fish.

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