Muskrat

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:20:51

Musk"rat` (?), n.

1. Zool.

A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra.

2. Zool.

The musk shrew.

3. Zool.

The desman.

 

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