beaverish

English

Etymology

From beaver +‎ -ish.

Adjective

beaverish (comparative more beaverish, superlative most beaverish)

1. Characteristic of a beaver.
   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     Gary and Chipper, her fifth-grader and her first-grader, had the chlorination of the Y about them. With their damp hair they looked riparian. Muskratty, beaverish.

See also

• beaverlike
• beavery