Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US)The muskrat.

More definitions
  • muskrats

Origin

From Huron / Wyandot ondatra or ondathra, attested in Gabriel Sagard's 1632 French Diction

From Huron / Wyandot ondatra or ondathra, attested in Gabriel Sagard's 1632 French Dictionnaire de la langue huronne and found in the Huron dialects of the Hochelaga region of Canada.

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Forms

plural: ondatras
Singularondatra
Pluralondatras

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • muskrats:genus Ondatra

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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