muskratty

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a muskrat.

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Meanings

adjectivemuskratty (comparative more muskratty, superlative most muskratty)

comparative more muskratty · superlative most muskratty

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a muskrat.

    Gary and Chipper, her fifth-grader and her first-grader, had the chlorination of the Y about them. With their damp hair they looked riparian. Muskratty, beaverish.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From muskrat + -y.

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APA

muskratty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muskratty

MLA

“muskratty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muskratty. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muskratty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muskratty.

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