(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:01:24

Des"man (?), n. [Cf. Sw. desman musk.] Zool.

An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muscrat by some English writers.

[Written also daesman.]

 

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