MUSQUASH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur

Synonyms:

muskrat; musquash; Ondatra zibethica

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("musquash" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("musquash" is a member of...):

genus Ondatra; Ondatra (muskrats)

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