Beaver (disambiguation)
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Beaver may refer to one of the following. Template:Wiktionarypar
- Beaver, American Beaver, an animal. This is the primary meaning of the word, all other usages being based on it in one way or another.
- The Oregon State Beavers, the sports teams of Oregon State University
- Beaver is also the name of several places in the United States of America and Canada:
- For the Text Editor, see Beaver (text editor).
- For the liberal-arts college near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, see Arcadia University.
- For the single engine aircraft, see De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.
- The Beaver was a named passenger train operated by the Southern Pacific railroad between San Francisco, CA and Portland, OR.
- Beaver was also used to refer to the people of the Dunne-za native tribe living along the Peace River in Canada, whose native name meant "River of Beavers"
- "Beaver" can also refer to a member of the Boy Scouts
- In backgammon, a beaver is an optional gambling rule.
- The title character in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963)
- Slang for vulva or vagina