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muskrat
(encz) | muskrat,ondatra n: Zdeněk Brož |
Muskrat
(gcide) | Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent
(Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It
resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but
the tail is compressed, the hind feet are webbed, and the
ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which
secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called
also musquash, musk beaver, ondatra, and sometimes
water rat.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Zool.) The musk shrew.
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3. (Zool.) The desman.
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muskrat
(gcide) | Desman \Des"man\ (d[e^]s"man), n. [Cf. Sw. desman musk.] (Zool.)
An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia ({Myogale
moschata}). It is allied to the moles, but is called
muskrat by some English writers. [Written also
d[ae]sman.] Desmid |
muskrat
(wn) | muskrat
n 1: the brown fur of a muskrat [syn: muskrat, muskrat fur]
2: beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy
brown fur [syn: muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica] |
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muskrat
(encz) | muskrat,ondatra n: Zdeněk Brož |
muskrats
(encz) | muskrats,ondatry n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
round-tailed muskrat
(encz) | round-tailed muskrat, n: |
muskrat
(gcide) | Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent
(Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It
resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but
the tail is compressed, the hind feet are webbed, and the
ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which
secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called
also musquash, musk beaver, ondatra, and sometimes
water rat.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Zool.) The musk shrew.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) The desman.
[1913 Webster]Desman \Des"man\ (d[e^]s"man), n. [Cf. Sw. desman musk.] (Zool.)
An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia ({Myogale
moschata}). It is allied to the moles, but is called
muskrat by some English writers. [Written also
d[ae]sman.] Desmid |
muskrat
(wn) | muskrat
n 1: the brown fur of a muskrat [syn: muskrat, muskrat fur]
2: beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy
brown fur [syn: muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica] |
muskrat fur
(wn) | muskrat fur
n 1: the brown fur of a muskrat [syn: muskrat, muskrat fur] |
round-tailed muskrat
(wn) | round-tailed muskrat
n 1: of Florida wetlands [syn: round-tailed muskrat, {Florida
water rat}, Neofiber alleni] |
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