beaver
Example Sentences
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But leaders themselves need to learn from those eager beavers.
The word would be used alongside bear skin or beaver skin.
From Seattle Times
He approached his superiors with a pressing theological query: "Could beaver be eaten during Lent?"
From Salon
Instead, the giant beasts kept one foot down on each side while leisurely swinging their diagonal legs, much like a beaver or a hedgehog does today.
From Science Magazine
The beavers dammed the brook in three places, creating a swamp behind the house, and built a den that is “the size of a small van.”
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
