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Look up: Beaver

  1. Beaver
    The beaver is a large amphibian rodent.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Beaver
    Beaver is a town in Carroll County Arkansas, USA. Beaver is a township in Roseau County Minnesota, USA. Beaver is a township in Fillmore County Minnesota, USA. Beaver is a township in Aitkin County Minnesota, USA. Beaver is a township in Newaygo County Michigan, USA. Beaver is a township in Bay County Michigan, USA. Beaver is a township in Scott County Kansas, USA. Beaver is a township in Smith County Kansas, USA. Beaver is a township in Republic County Kansas, USA. Beaver is a township in Phill...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Beaver
    A semi-aquatic animal of the rodent family. The tail is considered the best part to eat. Care must be taken when skinning to avoid severing the musk gland, which will permeate the entire flesh when cut.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml

  4. beaver
    [n] - the soft brown fur of the beaver 2. [n] - a full beard 3. [n] - a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face 4. [n] - a hat made of beaver fur or similar material 5. [n] - large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail 6. [v] - work hard on something
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. beaver
    sheep or lamb skin with short fine wool,which has been dressed with the wool on,dyed and finished by a process giving a weather-resistant straightness and brightness to the wool Category: Various industries and crafts • A heavy,firm-texture cloth,made from woollen yarns,which is milled,raised,and cut close on the face before receiving a dress-face finish.It is intended to simulate natu...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Beaver
    Bea'ver noun [ Middle English bever , Anglo-Saxon beofer , befer ; akin to Dutch bever , Old High German bibar , German biber , Swedish bäfver , Danish bæver , Lithuanian bebru , Russian bobr' , Gael. beabhar , Corn. befer , Latin fiber , and Sanskrit babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj.,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/27

  7. Beaver
    Bea'ver noun [ Middle English baviere , bauier , beavoir , bever ; from French bavière , from bave slaver, drivel, foam, Old French , prattle, drivel, perhaps orig. an imitative word. Bavière , according to Cotgrave, is the bib put before a (slavering) child.] That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of t ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/27

  8. beaver
    1. <zoology> An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor. ... It has palmated hind feet, and a broad, flat tail. It is remarkable for its ingenuity in constructing its valued for its fur, and for the material called castor, obtained from two small bags in the groin of the animal. The European species is Castor fibre, and the American is generall ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. beaver
    noun a full beard
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  10. beaver
    noun large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. beaver
    castor noun a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
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  12. beaver
    beaver fur noun the soft brown fur of the beaver
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  13. beaver
    beaver away verb work hard on something
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  14. Beaver
    `Beavers` are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. They are the only living members of the family Castoridae, which contains a single genus, `Castor`. Genetic research has shown the European and North American beaver populations to be distinct species and that hybridization is unlikely.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver

  15. Beaver
    • (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink. • (n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats. • (n.)...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. Beaver
    (from the article `Vancouver`) ...and served as headquarters of the company`s Pacific Northwest operations. The fort, now a national historic site, became a U.S. military ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/38

  17. Beaver
    (from the article `flight, history of`) ...a significant market and became essential cogs in the economies of numerous global regions. Canada, with a long history of aircraft used in ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/38

  18. Beaver
    county, western Pennsylvania, U.S., bordered to the west by Ohio and West Virginia. It consists of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau drained by ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/38

  19. Beaver
    a small, Athabascan-speaking North American Indian tribe living in the mountainous riverine areas of northern Alberta. In the early 18th century they ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/38

  20. beaver
    either of two species of amphibious rodents native to North America, Europe, and Asia. Beavers are the largest North American and Eurasian rodents, ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/38

  21. beaver
    1. a full beard
    2. a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
    3. large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges

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  22. beaver
    beaver, either of two large aquatic rodents, Castor fiber and Castor canadensis, known for their engineering feats. They were once widespread in N and central Eurasia except E Siberia, and in North America from the arctic tree line to the S United States. The mountain beaver of W North America is no...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08066


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