muskrat
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmʌskɹæt/
muskrat (plural muskrats)
- A large aquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethicus).
- 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187.
- He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.
- 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187.
- Any of several species of shrews in the family Soricidae, especially the Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus
- 'rat (chiefly informal), rat (chiefly informal)
- (Ondatra zibethicus) musquash
- (shrew) musk shrew
- French: rat musqué
- German: Bisamratte
- Italian: topo muschiato
- Portuguese: rato almiscareiro
- Russian: онда́тра
- Spanish: rata almizclera
- German: Moschusspitzmaus
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