musk·rat /ˈmʌsˌkræt/
麝香薔薇
Musk·rat n.
1. Zool. 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. Zool. The musk shrew.
3. Zool. The desman.
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muskrat
n 1: the brown fur of a muskrat
2: beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy
brown fur [syn: musquash, Ondatra zibethica]