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musk-rat

musk-rat is the alternative form of muskrat.

Meaning of muskrat

Noun

muskrat (plural muskrats)

  1. A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.
    • He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187.
    Synonyms:
    musquash, ondatra, 'rat, rat
  2. Any of several shrews in the family Soricidae, especially an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).
  3. (obsolete) A bandicoot rat.

Forms of musk-rat

pluralmusk-rats

Questions about musk-rat

What is musk-rat the alternative form of?
Musk-rat is the alternative form of muskrat.

Words near musk-rat in the dictionary

  1. musk xylene
  2. musk xylenes
  3. MuSK-MG
  4. musk-ox
  5. musk-oxen
  6. musk-rat
  7. musk-rats
  8. muskadel
  9. muskadels
  10. muskadine
  11. muskadines

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