muskrat
The origin and history of muskrat.
Etymology
Likely influenced by its musky odour and rat-like appearance, though the word may originally come from an Algonquian name that was reshaped to sound like "musk" and "rat."
The origin and history of muskrat.
Likely influenced by its musky odour and rat-like appearance, though the word may originally come from an Algonquian name that was reshaped to sound like "musk" and "rat."
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