Ondatra
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The muskrat. Canada, US
"The first was the musk-beaver, not much different from the ondatra, excepting in the formation of his snout."
Synonyms
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More examples"The first was the musk-beaver, not much different from the ondatra, excepting in the formation of his snout."
Etymology
From Huron / Wyandot ondatra or ondathra, attested in Gabriel Sagard's 1632 French Dictionnaire de la langue huronne and found in the Huron dialects of the Hochelaga region of Canada.
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