muskrat
a large, aquatic, North American rodent, Ondatra zibethica, having a musky odor.
its thick, light-brown fur, used for coats, for hats, as a trimming, etc.
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How to use muskrat in a sentence
The brothers took odd jobs together, picking fruit, caddying at the local golf club or trapping muskrats and selling the fur.
Inside the 80-Year Quest to Name Pearl Harbor's Unknown Victims | W.J. Hennigan | November 23, 2021 | TimeHe later transferred to the Asheville School in North Carolina, where he spent his free time catching muskrats, and studied at Williams College in Massachusetts, grouse hunting on the weekends.
Leigh H. Perkins, who built Orvis into an upscale sporting brand, dies at 93 | Harrison Smith | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostEven in one of the earliest books, the muskrat philosopher ends up seeing the point of things.
But it was a young hawk, unversed in the way of the muskrat, which had seized him.
The Watchers of the Trails | Charles G. D. RobertsNo muskrat had ever, within her experience, even tried to fight her.
The Watchers of the Trails | Charles G. D. Roberts
But flight was far from the big muskrat's mind in that crucial moment.
The Watchers of the Trails | Charles G. D. RobertsHe knew that the muskrat could not stay for ever down in that muddy crevice.
The Watchers of the Trails | Charles G. D. RobertsAn old Indian once told me how a muskrat lays up stores of food in his house.
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British Dictionary definitions for muskrat
/ (ˈmʌskˌræt) /
a North American beaver-like amphibious rodent, Ondatra zibethica, closely related to but larger than the voles: family Cricetidae
the brown fur of this animal
either of two closely related rodents, Ondatra obscurus or Neofiber alleni (round-tailed muskrat)
Origin of muskrat
1- Often (informal) shortened to: musquash
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