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Noun: muskrat  'músk,rat
  1. Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
    - musquash, Ondatra zibethica
     
  2. The brown fur of a muskrat
    - muskrat fur

Derived forms: muskrats

Type of: fur, gnawer, pelt, rodent

Part of: genus Ondatra, Ondatra

Encyclopedia: Muskrat