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muskrat
(redirected from Ondatra zibethicus)

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muskrat
a rabbit-sized aquatic rat that lives in a burrow and lives on vegetable matter, has thick, shiny, brown and gray fur and gives off a musky odor. Called also Ondatra zibethica.


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