beaver : Idioms & Phrases
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Bank beaver
(Zoöl.) , the otter. Local, U.S.
Webster 1913
beaver away
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verb work hard on something
beaver.
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beaver board
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noun a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp
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beaver fur
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noun the soft brown fur of the beaver
beaver.
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Beaver rat
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noun amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea
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(Zoöl.) , an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania (Hydromys chrysogaster ).
Webster 1913
Beaver skin
- the furry skin of the beaver.
Webster 1913
beaver state
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noun a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Oregon; OR.
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eager beaver
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noun an alert and energetic person
sharpy; sharpie; busy bee; live wire.
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Mountain beaver
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noun bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent
Aplodontia rufa; sewellel.
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(Zoöl.) , the sewellel.
Webster 1913
Musk beaver
(Zoöl.) , muskrat (1).
Webster 1913
new world beaver
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noun a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida
Castor canadensis.
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old world beaver
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noun a European variety of beaver
Castor fiber.
