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Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.

  1. (Zo["o]l.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent ( Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the hind 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, ondatra, and sometimes water rat.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) The musk shrew.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) The desman.

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n. (context chiefly US English) The muskrat.