muskrat

[ UK /mˈʌskɹæt/ ]
[ US /ˈməsˌkɹæt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the brown fur of a muskrat
  2. beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
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How To Use muskrat In A Sentence

  • Muskrat fur almost equals beaver fur in quality.
  • Water voles, small rodents closely related to muskrats and lemmings and which live only along clear, unpolluted rivers and streams, have been decimated by non-native mink which originally escaped from fur farms.
  • Some of these destructive species include beavers, muskrats, elk, deer, voles, marmots, prairie dogs and geese.
  • Our muskrat is a trapped and drowned one so we will not have to replace the shot hole plugs with fresh ones, as would be best if it had been killed with the gun. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration
  • Other animals that may carry and transmit the disease include beavers, muskrats, water and field voles, water and wood rats, squirrels, and lemmings.
  • Other animals that may carry and transmit the disease include beavers, muskrats, water and field voles, water and wood rats, squirrels, and lemmings.
  • They take other small rodents, shrews, rabbits, gophers, bats, and muskrats as well.
  • Many land companies began to lease sections of the marshes to individuals with exclusive rights to hunt, harvest alligators, and trap abundant muskrats and other furbearers.
  • The Rodentia also includes beavers, muskrats, porcupines, woodchucks, chipmunks, squirrels, prairie dogs, marmots, chinchillas, voles, lemmings, and many others.
  • Muskrat fur almost equals beaver fur in quality.
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