Tom shot a muskrat.
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Muskrat
//ˈmʌskɹæt//
Synonyms for "muskrat" (27 found)
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93 translations across 74 languages.
Ahtna
1 entries- dzen noun (rodent)
Algonquin
1 entries- wajack noun (rodent)
Arabic
1 entries- فَأْرُ المِسْك noun (rodent)
Asturian
1 entries- mur almizcleru noun (rodent)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ondatra noun (rodent)
Bashkir
1 entries- ондатра noun (rodent)
Basque
1 entries- arratoi musketadun noun (rodent)
Belarusian
1 entries- анда́тра noun (rodent)
Breton
1 entries- razh-musk noun (rodent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ондатра noun (rodent)
Catalan
1 entries- rata mesquera noun (rodent)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏎᎳᎩᏍᏆ noun (rodent)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 麝鼠 noun (rodent)
Chipewyan
1 entries- dzen noun (rodent)
Czech
2 entries- bělozubka hnědá noun (Suncus murinus)
- ondatra noun (rodent)
Danish
1 entries- bisamrotte noun (rodent)
Dogrib
1 entries- dzǫ noun (rodent)
Dutch
1 entries- muskusrat noun (rodent)
Erzya
1 entries- шарапуло noun (rodent)
Esperanto
1 entries- ondatro noun (rodent)
Estonian
1 entries- ondatra noun (rodent)
Faroese
1 entries- moskusrotta noun (rodent)
Finnish
2 entries- kyläpäästäinen noun (Suncus murinus)
- piisami noun (rodent)
French
1 entries- rat musqué noun (rodent)
Galician
1 entries- aguaneira noun (rodent)
Georgian
1 entries- ონდატრა noun (rodent)
German
2 entries- Bisamratte noun (rodent)
- Moschusspitzmaus noun (Suncus murinus)
Greek
1 entries- μοσχοπόντικας noun (rodent)
Hindi
1 entries- छछुंदर noun (Suncus murinus)
Hungarian
1 entries- pézsmapocok noun (rodent)
Icelandic
2 entries- bísamrotta noun (rodent)
- moskusrotta noun (rodent)
Ido
1 entries- moskorato noun (rodent)
Irish
1 entries- muscfhrancach noun (rodent)
Italian
1 entries- topo muschiato noun (rodent)
Japanese
1 entries- マスクラット noun (rodent)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸುಂಡಿಲಿ noun (Suncus murinus)
Korean
1 entries- 사향쥐 noun (rodent)
Latvian
1 entries- ondatra noun (rodent)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ondatra noun (rodent)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- bizamowy šćurk noun (rodent)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- dzenh noun (rodent)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Bisamrat noun (rodent)
Macedonian
1 entries- бизамски стаорец noun (rodent)
Maltese
1 entries- far tal-misk ta’ l-ilma noun (rodent)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- gi'gwesu noun (rodent)
Munsee
1 entries- xwáshkwshush noun (rodent)
Navajo
1 entries- tooh łéʼétsoh noun (rodent)
Norwegian
1 entries- bisamrotte noun (rodent)
Ojibwe
1 entries- wazhashk noun (rodent)
Polish
1 entries- piżmak noun (rodent)
Portuguese
1 entries- rato almiscareiro noun (rodent)
Powhatan
3 entries- mossaskoēss noun (rodent)
- ossaskoēss noun (rodent)
- sasskoweis noun (rodent)
Romanian
1 entries- bizam noun (rodent)
Romansch
1 entries- undatra noun (rodent)
Russian
4 entries- бу́рая му́скусная землеро́йка noun (Suncus murinus)
- гига́нтская белозу́бка noun (Suncus murinus)
- домова́я многозу́бка noun (Suncus murinus)
- онда́тра noun (rodent)
Saanich
1 entries- SKEȽKEȽ noun (rodent)
Sardinian
2 entries- medrona muscada noun (rodent)
- topi muscau noun (rodent)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bizamski pacov noun (rodent)
- bizamski štakor noun (rodent)
- mošusni štakor noun (rodent)
- бизамски пацов noun (rodent)
Slovak
1 entries- ondatra pižmová noun (rodent)
Slovene
1 entries- pižmovka noun (rodent)
Spanish
3 entries- rata almizclada noun (rodent)
- rata almizclera noun (rodent)
- rata almizcleña noun (rodent)
Swedish
2 entries- bisam noun (rodent)
- bisamråtta noun (rodent)
Tamil
1 entries- மூஞ்சூறு noun (Suncus murinus)
Tanacross
1 entries- dzenh noun (rodent)
Tlingit
1 entries- tsín noun (rodent)
Turkish
1 entries- misk sıçanı noun (rodent)
Udmurt
1 entries- вукомак noun (rodent)
Ukrainian
1 entries- онда́тра noun (rodent)
Upper Sorbian
3 entries- bizamowa myš noun (rodent)
- pižmo noun (rodent)
- pižmowa šćura noun (rodent)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىپارچاشقان noun (rodent)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chuột xạ hương noun (rodent)
Welsh
2 entries- llygoden fwsg noun (rodent)
- mwsglygoden noun (rodent)
West-Frisian
1 entries- muskusrôt noun (rodent)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּיזעם noun (rodent)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187. He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.
Source: wiktionary
Later, dozing in the lamplight, he saw muskrats everywhere. Their small supple forms slipped busily along the floor at dusk, continually perfecting their burrows. He saw them pulling soft weeds and holding juicy roots in their tiny paws to eat.
Source: wiktionary
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