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GENUS ONDATRA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Muskrats

Synonyms:

genus Ondatra; Ondatra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Ondatra" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ondatra"):

muskrat; musquash; Ondatra zibethica (beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur)

Holonyms ("genus Ondatra" is a member of...):

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)

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