Definitions for desmans

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desmans des·man

Spelling: [des-muh n]

IPA: /ˈdɛs mən/

Desmans is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in desmans (ademnss).

Definitions for desmans

noun

1. either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.

Origin of desmans

1765-75; Swedish, short for desman-råtta muskrat

Examples for desmans

desman, des′man, n. a kind of musk-rat, found in Russia and the Pyrenees.