Muskrat /(?)/

Musk·rat

Muskrat

n.
  1. 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. (Zool.)
  2. The musk shrew. (Zool.)
  3. The desman. (Zool.)