old world beaver

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   a European variety of beaver

   SynonymsCastor fiber

   Broaderbeaver

Questions about old world beaver

What does old world beaver mean?

old world beaver means "a European variety of beaver".

What is another word for old world beaver?

Close synonyms include Castor fiber. 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 old world beaver a common word?

old 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.