beaverish

English

Etymology

From beaver +‎ -ish.

Adjective

beaverish (comparative more beaverish, superlative most beaverish)

  1. Characteristic of a beaver.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      Gary and Chipper, her fifth-grader and her first-grader, had the chlorination of the Y about them. With their damp hair they looked riparian. Muskratty, beaverish.

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