Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The musquash or muskrat of North America, Fiber zibethicus.
  • noun [capitalized] [NL.] Same as Fiber, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A genus of rodents including the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica).

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  • noun The muskrat.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun muskrats

Etymologies

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From an Iroquoian language, perhaps Wyandot.

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