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amik

• n. an aquatic rodent Castor canadensis, of North America, formerly of first importance in the fur trade and long used as an emblem of Canada.

  See also: amisk  beaver (def. 1)  

  • 1964  Shorty began to work his way back along the float of his plane, which was called a Beaver, after our animal friend, Amik.