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   Muskrat , n.
   (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus).  It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the hind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur.  It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk.  Called also musquash, musk beaver, ondatra, and sometimes water rat.
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   (Zool.) The musk shrew.
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   (Zool.) The desman.
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   Musquash , n. [American Indian name.] (Zool.) See Muskrat.
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   Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.
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