muskrat
A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe OndatriniA semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.
» Muskrats are responsible for the destruction of dams and dikes.
Bisamratten sind für die Zerstörung von Dämmen und Deichen verantwortlich.
Значення
значень: 3A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.
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.
Bisamratte
онда́траondátra
онда́траondátra
Any of several shrews in the family Soricidae, especially an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).
Moschusspitzmaus
гига́нтская белозу́бкаgigántskaja belozúbka, бу́рая му́скусная землеро́йкаbúraja múskusnaja zemlerójka, домова́я многозу́бкаdomovája mnogozúbka
(застаріле)A bandicoot rat.
- beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
- the brown fur of a muskrat
Приклади
речень: 4Muskrats are responsible for the destruction of dams and dikes.
deBisamratten sind für die Zerstörung von Dämmen und Deichen verantwortlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Muskrats are responsible for the destruction of protective dams and levees.
ruМускусные крысы ответственны за разрушение защитных дамб и насыпей. — corvard
Tom shot a muskrat.
Wetlands are often teeming with life, including otters, muskrats, and beavers.
Переклади
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Походження
Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called byPerhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under the influence of the English words musk and rat.
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Форми
множина: muskratsСиноніми
синонімів: 8- beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur:musquashOndatra zibethica
- the brown fur of a muskrat:muskrat fur