new world beaver

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   a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida

   SynonymsCastor canadensis

   Broaderbeaver

Questions about new world beaver

What does new world beaver mean?

new world beaver means "a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida".

What is another word for new world beaver?

Close synonyms include Castor canadensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is new world beaver a common word?

new world beaver is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.