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Ondatra
Ondatra
See also: ondatra
Translingual
Ondatra zibethicus
Proper noun
Ondatra m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – the muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus (sole extant species).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily; Cricetidae - family; Arvicolinae - subfamily; Cricetini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ondatra zibethicus - sole extant species; see Ondatra at Fossilworks for extinct species
ondatra
ondatra
See also: Ondatra
English
Noun
ondatra (plural ondatras)
- (chiefly US) The muskrat.
- 1852, The Swiss Family Robinson, a translation of Johann David Wyss' German Der Schweizerische Robinson, chapter 39:
- The first was the musk-beaver, not much different from the ondatra, excepting in the formation of his snout.
- 1852, The Swiss Family Robinson, a translation of Johann David Wyss' German Der Schweizerische Robinson, chapter 39:
References
- ↑ 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2