Muskrat Definition

mŭskrăt
muskrats
noun
muskrats
Any of various American rodents (family Cricetidae) living in water and having glossy brown fur, a long tail, webbed hind feet, and a musklike odor.
Webster's New World
Its fur.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Muskrat

Noun

Singular:
muskrat
Plural:
muskrats

Origin of Muskrat

  • Perhaps 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.

    From Wiktionary

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