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jackash [< Algonk.: ? Cree atchakas genitals] Fur Trade, Obs. 
n. the North American mink, Mustela vison.
See also: foutereau
- 1473 (1949) Jackashes is the size, shape, make & colour of a martin, Excepting the tail, not being so Bushy and full of hair.
- 1795 (1911) I never saw a hollow tree that was capable of affording shelter to any larger animal than martins, jackashes, or wejacks; much less the quiquehatch or Bear, as some have asserted.
- 1907 Jackash. A name of the American mink . . . in use in the fur country. . . .
- 1473 (1949) Jackashes is the size, shape, make & colour of a martin, Excepting the tail, not being so Bushy and full of hair.