muskrat
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- noun
- /ˈmʌs.kræt/
- US
:
piel de nutria
- A Finn at a nearby table was selling big, swollen muskrat-fur hats.
- muskrat pelt
Examples
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A pair of boots became muskrats under the bench in the hall, then they were dachshunds, and then, a step closer, they were boots again.
Fiction book (1998) -
His thick hat was muskrat, his jacket fox and beaver, his mittens rabbit, his pants elk.
Fiction book (1994) -
That muskrat is just what I was looking for.
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I thought you made a hat out of a dead muskrat.
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When I was a boy, I tried curing muskrat pelts.
Fiction book (2001) -
When I handled Trapper John's fox pelts, the muskrat, even the coyotes, each felt supple as Florentine glove leather.
Fiction book (2001) -
In Michigan and Ohio during the Depression, Catholics were permitted to count muskrat as fish for Lent and on Fridays, an indulgence, so to speak, that has left behind a vestigial regional taste for that animal around Toledo and Detroit's downriver communities.
Academic text (1991) -
She wore a beautiful coat made of muskrat fur that kept her warm in winter.
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The luxurious muskrat hats at the boutique caught everyone's attention during the fashion show.
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Many trappers are skilled in preparing muskrat pelts for sale at local fur markets.
Synonyms
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Soft thick hair that covers some animals or the material used for warm coats
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Fur from a muskrat that is dyed to look like seal fur
A brown soft fur from a muskrat that people use to make warm clothes
Compounds
A small animal like a rat that lives in Florida wetlands and has a round tail
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Muskrat (the fur) is named after the animal muskrat because people used the animal's soft brown fur for coats and hats, so the same word came to mean the fur itself.