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Showing Category: animals

ojiig na a fisher

[
Martes pennanti
]

omashkooz na an elk

[
American elk, wapiti
; 
Cervus elaphus
]

wazhashk na a muskrat

[
Ondatra zibethicus
]

waabizheshi na a marten

[
American marten, pine marten
; 
Martes americana
]

waabooz na a rabbit, a snowshoe hare

[
snowshoe hare
; 
Lepus americanus
]

(verb of abundance) waaboozokaa vai there are (a lot of) rabbits
waagosh na a fox

[
red fox
; 
Vulpes vulpes
]

waawaabiganoojiinh na a mouse

waawaashkeshi na a deer

[
white-tailed deer
; 
Odocoileus virginianus
]

zhagashkaandawe na a flying squirrel

[
northern flying squirrel
; 
Glaucomys sabrinus
]

zhaangweshi na a mink

[
Mustela vison
]

zhigaag na a skunk

[
striped skunk
; 
Mephitis mephitis
]

zhingos na a weasel

[
long-tailed weasel, ermine
; 
Mustela spp.
]

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

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