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Definition of Ondatra
1. Noun. Muskrats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Muskrat, Musquash, Ondatra Zibethica
Definition of Ondatra
1. a large American vole [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ondatra
Literary usage of Ondatra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Middle Atlantic coast region of the United States, f Delaware Bay to Pamlico
Sound; inland to Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. *ondatra zibethica ..."
2. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... and its habitat—The generic title—Curious form of the ears and feet—Difficulty
in discovering its nest—The MUSQUASH or ondatra—Its general habits—Its ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1912)
"It remains ' then only to fix the type of ondatra Link. Every logical argument
is in favor of naming ondatra zibethicus as the type of this genus, ..."
4. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The ondatra lives mostly in burrows, which it digs in the banks of the river in
... In the stiff clay banks of rivers the ondatra digs i rather complicated ..."
5. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1856)
"The ondatra is a native of Canada, the desman of Lapland, and the pilori of the West
... The ondatra diners from all others of its kind, in having the tail ..."
6. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"The ondatra lives mostly in burrows, which it digs in the banks of the river in
... In the stiff clay banks of rivers the ondatra dij>; rather complicated ..."
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