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Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *waʔšaškwa (“muskrat”).
Cognate with Penobscot móhsskʷehso (“muskrat”), Abenaki moskwas (“muskrat”).
Noun
tëmàskwës anim (plural tëmàskwsàk)
- muskrat