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plural muskrats
A large aquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethicus). quotations examples
He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.
1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187.
Any of several species of shrews in the family Soricidae, especially the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus). examples