"desman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛsmən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desman.wav Forms: desmans [plural]
Etymology: From French desman, German Desman, from Swedish desmanråtta (“muskrat”), from desman (“musk”, older also desma, desme), from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, alteration of *besamo (cf. Old High German bisamo), from Late Latin bisamum (“musk”), from Hebrew בושם (bāśām, bōśem). Doublet of balm and balsam. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|desman}} French desman, {{bor|en|de|Desman}} German Desman, {{der|en|sv|desmanråtta||muskrat}} Swedish desmanråtta (“muskrat”), {{der|en|gml|dēsem}} Middle Low German dēsem, {{der|en|osx|desamo}} Old Saxon desamo, {{cog|goh|bisamo}} Old High German bisamo, {{der|en|la-lat|bisamum||musk}} Late Latin bisamum (“musk”), {{der|en|he|בושם|tr=bāśām, bōśem}} Hebrew בושם (bāśām, bōśem), {{doublet|en|balm|balsam}} Doublet of balm and balsam Head templates: {{en-noun}} desman (plural desmans)
  1. Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe. Wikipedia link: desman Categories (lifeform): Soricomorphs Derived forms: Iberian desman (taxonomic: Galemys pyrenaicus), Pyrenean desman (taxonomic: Galemys pyrenaicus), Russian desman (taxonomic: Desmana moschata) Translations (insectivore of the mole family): aguanzón (Asturian), fedegosa (Asturian), ratu de ríu (Asturian), йофар (yofar) (Bashkir), хаху́ля (xaxúlja) [feminine] (Belarusian), мускусен плъх (muskusen plǎh) (Bulgarian), almesquera [feminine] (Catalan), йӑпӑр (jăp̬ăr) (Chuvash), vychuchol [masculine] (Czech), вӱдшашке (vüdšaške) (Eastern Mari), чара (čara) (Erzya), vesikontiainen (Finnish), vesimaamyyrä (Finnish), desman [masculine] (French), aguaneiro [masculine] (Galician), rato do almiscre [masculine] (Galician), toupa de río [feminine] (Galician), toupeira da auga [feminine] (Galician), Desman [masculine] (German), Bisamrüssler [masculine, uncommon] (German), pézsmacickány (Hungarian), пашбукъ (pašbuqʼ) (Ingush), жұпартышқан (jūpartyşqan) (Kazakh), galemys (Latin), kurmėnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), chochoł [masculine] (Polish), desman [masculine] (Polish), wychuchol [masculine] (Polish), toupeira-de-água [feminine] (Portuguese), desman [masculine] (Romanian), вы́хухоль (výxuxolʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vodenkrtica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), desmán [masculine] (Spanish), myskmus [common-gender] (Swedish), җофа́р (cofár) (Tatar), хоху́ля (xoxúlja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Middle Low German dēsem",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "desamo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon desamo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "bisamo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bisamo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "bisamum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "musk"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin bisamum (“musk”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "בושם",
        "tr": "bāśām, bōśem"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew בושם (bāśām, bōśem)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "balm",
        "3": "balsam"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of balm and balsam",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French desman, German Desman, from Swedish desmanråtta (“muskrat”), from desman (“musk”, older also desma, desme), from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, alteration of *besamo (cf. Old High German bisamo), from Late Latin bisamum (“musk”), from Hebrew בושם (bāśām, bōśem). Doublet of balm and balsam.",
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      "form": "desmans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Chuvash translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Eastern Mari translations",
        "Terms with Erzya translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ingush translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tatar translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "en:Soricomorphs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1995, R. David Stone, editor, Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, page 50:",
          "text": "Unlike the Russian desman, the Pyrenean species lives along fast-flowing mountain streams.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, 3rd edition, page 250:",
          "text": "Restricted to the Old World, desmans have a diet consisting of aquatic invertebrates and fish.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Joseph F. Merritt, The Biology of Small Mammals, page 38:",
          "text": "With the aid of its Eimer's organs, the desman was able to detect engraved lines only one-fifteenth of a millimeter (0.067 mm, or 0.002 inches) in depth and width. There are two extant species of desmans: the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus), weighing about 65 g (2.3 oz) (fig 2.10), and the larger Russian desman (Desmana moschata), weighing 500 g (17.6 oz).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "aquatic",
          "aquatic"
        ],
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          "semi-aquatic",
          "semi-aquatic"
        ],
        [
          "insectivore",
          "insectivore"
        ],
        [
          "mole",
          "mole"
        ],
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          "Talpidae",
          "Talpidae#Translingual"
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        [
          "Europe",
          "Europe"
        ]
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      "wikipedia": [
        "desman"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛsmən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "aguanzón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "fedegosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "ratu de ríu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yofar",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "йофар"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xaxúlja",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хаху́ля"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "muskusen plǎh",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "мускусен плъх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almesquera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "jăp̬ăr",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "йӑпӑр"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vychuchol"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "vüdšaške",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "вӱдшашке"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "čara",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "чара"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "vesikontiainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "vesimaamyyrä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desman"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguaneiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rato do almiscre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toupa de río"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toupeira da auga"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Desman"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "Bisamrüssler"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "pézsmacickány"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "pašbuqʼ",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "пашбукъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jūpartyşqan",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "жұпартышқан"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "galemys"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kurmėnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chochoł"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desman"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wychuchol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toupeira-de-água"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výxuxolʹ",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́хухоль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vodenkrtica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desmán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "myskmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "cofár",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "word": "җофа́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xoxúlja",
      "sense": "insectivore of the mole family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хоху́ля"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desman"
}

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