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muskratty

muskratty adjective: resembling or characteristic of a muskrat.

Adjective

muskratty (comparative more muskratty, superlative most muskratty)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a muskrat.
    • Gary and Chipper, her fifth-grader and her first-grader, had the chlorination of the Y about them. With their damp hair they looked riparian. Muskratty, beaverish.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Forms of muskratty

comparativemore muskratty
superlativemost muskratty

Origin of muskratty

From muskrat + -y.

Questions about muskratty

What does muskratty mean?
Muskratty means resembling or characteristic of a muskrat.
What part of speech is muskratty?
Muskratty is an adjective.

Words near muskratty in the dictionary

  1. muskrat
  2. muskrat root
  3. muskrat roots
  4. muskrat weed
  5. muskrats
  6. muskratty
  7. muskroot
  8. musks
  9. muskshrew
  10. muskshrews
  11. muskwood

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