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sewellel

se·wel·lel

UK/səˈwɛləl/ uncommon

noun

1.

bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent

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Origin

From a misunderstanding by Lewis and Clark of Chinook sewellel, shewellel, which actually denotes a robe made from pelt of this rodent rather than the rodent itself.

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