muskrat

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الإنجليزية - التركية
misk faresi
misksıçanı
(isim) misk sıçanı
{i} misk sıçanı
i., zool. misksıçanı, miskfaresi
miskfaresi
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A large aquatic rodent, so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat; Ondatra zibethica
{n} a quadruped, the musquash
the brown fur of a muskrat
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
A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus)
beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur the brown fur of a muskrat
{i} large water rat (native to North America) that has a musky odor and whose light brown fur is harvested for commercial use in the fashion industry
The desman
beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
The musk shrew
It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk
an animal which lives in water in North America (muscasus; influenced by musk and rat). Either of two semiaquatic, brown rodent species (family Cricetidae) native to marshes, shallow lakes, and streams of North America and introduced into Europe. The compact, heavy-bodied muskrat, or musquash (Ondatra zibethica), is about 12 in. (30 cm) long, not including the long, scaly, flat tail. The partially webbed hind feet have a stiff, bristly fringe. Anal sacs produce a musky secretion. The commercially valuable fur consists of long, stiff, glossy guard hairs overlying a dense, soft underfur. Muskrats live in either a burrow dug into the bank or a reed-and-rush mound built in the water. They eat sedges, reeds, roots, and an occasional aquatic animal. The round-tailed muskrat, or Florida water rat (Neofiber alleni), is smaller
Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra
mushrat

المصطلحات ذات الصلة

The muskrat
water rat
muskrats
plural of muskrat
muskrats
ondatra
round-tailed muskrat
of Florida wetlands
muskrat

    الواصلة

    musk·rat

    التركية النطق

    mʌskrät

    المترادفات

    musquash, musk shrew

    النطق

    /ˈməskˌrat/ /ˈmʌskˌræt/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    [ 'm&s-"krat ] (noun.) 1607. probably by folk etymology from a word of Algonquian origin; akin to Massachuset musquash muskrat.
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