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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muskrat \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}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. (Zool.) The musk shrew.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Zool.) The desman.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zool.)
     See {Muskrat}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Musquash root} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta
        maculata}), having a poisonous root. See {Water hemlock}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  musquash
       n : beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy
           brown fur [syn: {muskrat}, {Ondatra zibethica}]

















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