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1. 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.
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2. 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
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3. 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,r...
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4. 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 , Russi...
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5. 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 , accord...
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6. 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 sp...
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7. beaver
   noun a full beard
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8. beaver
   noun large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
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9. beaver
   castor noun a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
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10. beaver
    beaver fur noun the soft brown fur of the beaver
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11. beaver
    beaver away verb work hard on something
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12. 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 clo...
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13. 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 ...
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14. 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 ...
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15. 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 ...
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16. 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]
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17. 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]
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18. Beaver
    Beaver is slang for the female genitals.
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19. Beaver
    Beaver is slang for the female genitals.
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20. Beaver
    HMS Beaver is a British Broadsword Class frigate of 3500 tons displacement launched in 1982. HMS Beaver is powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines and four diesel generators providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4500 miles at 18 knots. ...
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21. beaver
    
    • a full beard
    • a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
    • 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...
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23. Beaver
    The beaver (Castor) is the only genus of the family Castoridae. The family contains a single genus, Castor, with two species: Castor canadensis, found in the New World, and Castor fibre, found in the Old World. Both species are semi-aquatic rodents noted for the building of dams. The two species dif...
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24. Beaver
    In armour, a beaver is the part of the front of a helmet that can be raised or lowered to allow the wearer to eat and drink.
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25. beaver
    Aquatic rodent with webbed hind feet, a broad flat scaly tail, and thick waterproof fur. It has very large incisor teeth and fells trees to feed on the bark and to use the logs to construct the `lodge`, in which the young are reared, food is stored, and much of the winter is spent. There are two species, the Canadian Castor canad...
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