musquash

[muhs-kwosh] /ˈmʌs kwɒʃ/
noun
1.
Chiefly British. the fur of the muskrat.
Origin
1770-80, Americanism; < Massachusett cognate of Western Abenaki mòskwas (perhaps equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *mo·ŝk- bobbing above the surface of the water + *-exkwe· head + derivational elements, i.e., the one whose head bobs above the water)
British Dictionary definitions for musquash

musquash

/ˈmʌskwɒʃ/
noun
1.
another name for muskrat, used esp to refer to its fur
Word Origin
C17: from Algonquian: compare Natick musquash, Abnaki muskwessu