| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sewellel |
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| SYLLABICATION: | se·wel·lel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -w l l |
| NOUN: | A small, thick-bodied rodent (Aplodontia rufa) of the Pacific coast of North America, having tiny eyes and small ears and usually found in communal burrows dug in the banks of streams. Also called mountain beaver. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Chinook  walál, robe of sewellel skins.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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