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.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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
(obsolete)A bandicoot rat.
- beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
- the brown fur of a muskrat
Examples
4 sentencesMuskrats are responsible for the destruction of dams and dikes.
deBisamratten sind für die Zerstörung von Dämmen und Deichen verantwortlich.
Muskrats are responsible for the destruction of protective dams and levees.
ruМускусные крысы ответственны за разрушение защитных дамб и насыпей.
Tom shot a muskrat.
Wetlands are often teeming with life, including otters, muskrats, and beavers.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: muskratsSynonyms
8 synonyms- beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur:musquashOndatra zibethica
- the brown fur of a muskrat:muskrat fur