muskrat
Meanings
Plural: muskrats
Noun
- the brown fur of a muskrat
- beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
- A large semiaquatic rodent of species Ondatra zibethicus.
- Any of several shrews in the family Soricidae, especially an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).
- A bandicoot rat.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
'rat, Asian house shrew, musk shrew, muskrat fur, musquash, ondatra, Ondatra zibethica, rat
Scrabble Score: 13
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