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Found 3 hits - Term: ondatra, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ondatra \ondatra\ prop. n.
   a genus of rodents including the muskrat ondatra
   zibethica.

   syn: genus ondatra.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
ondatra zibethica ondatra 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
ondatra zibethica fiber zibethicus musquash musk beaver ondatra water rat 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ondatra
     n : muskrats syn: genus ondatra
see also:
genus ondatra 

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