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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