muskrat
Plural: muskrats
Noun
- the brown fur of a muskrat
- beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
- A large semiaquatic rodent of species Ondatra zibethicus.
- Any of several shrews in the family Soricidae, especially an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).
- A bandicoot rat.
- pl. -S an aquatic rodent
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under the influence of the English words musk and rat.
Synonyms
muskrat fur, musquash, Ondatra zibethica, 'rat, Asian house shrew, musk shrew, ondatra, rat
Scrabble Score: 13
muskrat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmuskrat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
muskrat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary