ondatra

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noun

The muskrat.

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Meanings

nounondatra (plural ondatras)

plural ondatras

  1. CanadaUSThe muskrat.

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
muskrat

Origin

From Huron / Wyandot ondatra or ondathra, attested in Gabriel Sagard's 1632 French Dictionnaire de la langue huronne and found in the Huron dialects of the Hochelaga region of Canada.

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adorant
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APA

ondatra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ondatra

MLA

“ondatra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ondatra. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ondatra,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ondatra.

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