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Muskrat

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Noun

1. muskrat, muskrat fur

the brown fur of a muskrat

2. muskrat, musquash, ondatra zibethica

beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Muskrat

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noun plural -rats or -rat
1. 
a North American beaver-like amphibious rodent, Ondatra zibethica, closely related to but larger than the voles: family Cricetidae
2. 
the brown fur of this animal
3. 
either of two closely related rodents, Ondatra obscurus or Neofiber alleni (round-tailed muskrat)

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Muskrat

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nounWord forms: plural ˈmuskˌrats or ˈmuskˌrat
1. 
any of various American rodents (family Cricetidae) living in water and having glossy brown fur, a long tail, webbed hind feet, and a musklike odor
2. 
its fur

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Muskrat

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n. pl. muskrat or musk·rats
1. A large semiaquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethicus) native to North America and naturalized in Eurasia, having a dense brown coat and musk glands under its long, scaly tail. Also called musquash, water rat.
2. The fur of this rodent.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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