"muskrat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌskɹæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muskrat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: muskrats [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under the influence of the English words musk and rat. Etymology templates: {{m|en|rat}} rat, {{der|en|alg|-}} Algonquian, {{cog|abe|moskwas}} Abenaki moskwas, {{cog|en|-}} English, {{m|en|musk}} musk, {{m|en|rat}} rat Head templates: {{en-noun}} muskrat (plural muskrats)
  1. A large aquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethicus). Categories (lifeform): Cricetids, Soricomorphs Synonyms (Ondatra zibethicus): musquash Translations (Ondatra zibethicus): dzen (Ahtna), wajack (Algonquin), فَأْرُ المِسْك (faʔru l-misk) [masculine] (Arabic), mur almizcleru (Asturian), ondatra (Azerbaijani), ондатра (ondatra) (Bashkir), arratoi musketadun (Basque), анда́тра (andátra) [feminine] (Belarusian), razh-musk (Breton), ондатра (ondatra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rata mesquera [feminine] (Catalan), ᏎᎳᎩᏍᏆ (selagisqua) (Cherokee), 麝鼠 (shèshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), ondatra (Czech), bisamrotte (Danish), muskusrat [feminine] (Dutch), шарапуло (šarapulo) (Erzya), ondatro (Esperanto), ondatra (Estonian), moskusrotta (Faroese), piisami (Finnish), rat musqué [masculine] (French), aguaneira (Galician), ონდატრა (ondaṭra) (Georgian), Bisamratte [feminine] (German), μοσχοπόντικας (moschopóntikas) (Greek), pézsmapocok (Hungarian), moskusrotta (Icelandic), bísamrotta (Icelandic), moskorato (Ido), muscfhrancach (Irish), topo muschiato [masculine] (Italian), マスクラット (masukuratto) (Japanese), 사향쥐 (sahyangjwi) (Korean), ondatra (Latvian), ondatra (Lithuanian), bizamowy šćurk (Lower Sorbian), dzenh (Lower Tanana), Bisamrat (Luxembourgish), бизамски стаорец (bizamski staorec) [masculine] (Macedonian), far tal-misk ta’ l-ilma (Maltese), gi'gwesu [animate] (Mi'kmaq), xwáshkwshush (Munsee), tooh łéʼétsoh (Navajo), bisamrotte (Norwegian), wazhashk (Ojibwe), piżmak [masculine] (Polish), rato almiscareiro [masculine] (Portuguese), bizam [masculine] (Romanian), undatra (Romansch), онда́тра (ondátra) [feminine] (Russian), sq̕əɬq̕əɬ (Saanich), medrona muscada (Sardinian), topi muscau (Sardinian), бизамски пацов [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bizamski pacov [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mošusni štakor [Croatia, Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bizamski štakor [Croatia, Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ondatra pižmová (Slovak), pižmovka [feminine] (Slovene), rata almizclera (Spanish), bisam [common-gender] (Swedish), bisamråtta [common-gender] (Swedish), dzenh (Tanacross), tsín (Tlingit), misk sıçanı (Turkish), вукомак (vukomak) (Udmurt), онда́тра (ondátra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), pižmo (Upper Sorbian), pižmowa šćura (Upper Sorbian), bizamowa myš (Upper Sorbian), chuột xạ hương (Vietnamese), mwsglygoden (Welsh), llygoden fwsg (Welsh), muskusrôt (West Frisian), פּיזעם (pizem) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-muskrat-en-noun-2OqonpjJ Disambiguation of Cricetids: 79 21 Disambiguation of Soricomorphs: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'Ondatra zibethicus': 78 22 Disambiguation of 'Ondatra zibethicus': 78 22
  2. Any of several species of shrews in the family Soricidae, especially the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus). Synonyms (Suncus murinus): Asian house shrew, musk shrew Translations (Suncus murinus): bělozubka hnědá (Czech), kyläpäästäinen (Finnish), Moschusspitzmaus (German), छछुंदर (chachundar) (Hindi), ಸುಂಡಿಲಿ (suṇḍili) (Kannada)
    Sense id: en-muskrat-en-noun-1qsok2vv Disambiguation of 'Suncus murinus': 26 74 Disambiguation of 'Suncus murinus': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ondatra [dialectal], 'rat [informal], rat [informal], musk-rat Derived forms: muskrat weed (taxonomic: Thalictrum pubescens), muskrat root (taxonomic: Acorus calamus)

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "ონდატრა"
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          "word": "moskorato"
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "muscfhrancach"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
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          "word": "topo muschiato"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "masukuratto",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "マスクラット"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sahyangjwi",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "사향쥐"
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "ondatra"
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
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          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "Bisamrat"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bizamski staorec",
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          "word": "бизамски стаорец"
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          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "far tal-misk ta’ l-ilma"
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          "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gi'gwesu"
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "xwáshkwshush"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "tooh łéʼétsoh"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "bisamrotte"
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          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "wazhashk"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
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          "word": "piżmak"
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          "word": "rato almiscareiro"
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          "word": "онда́тра"
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          "word": "medrona muscada"
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "rata almizclera"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "bisam"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "dzenh"
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          "lang": "Tlingit",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "tsín"
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "misk sıçanı"
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        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "lang": "Udmurt",
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          "word": "вукомак"
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "roman": "ondátra",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "pižmo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "pižmowa šćura"
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
          "word": "bizamowa myš"
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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          "_dis1": "78 22",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Suncus murinus",
          "word": "kyläpäästäinen"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "word": "Moschusspitzmaus"
        },
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "chachundar",
          "sense": "Suncus murinus",
          "word": "छछुंदर"
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          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "suṇḍili",
          "sense": "Suncus murinus",
          "word": "ಸುಂಡಿಲಿ"
        }
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      "taxonomic": "Thalictrum pubescens",
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      "taxonomic": "Acorus calamus",
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        "A large aquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethicus)."
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      ],
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      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
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      "sense": "Suncus murinus",
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    },
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      "code": "aht",
      "lang": "Ahtna",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "dzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "alq",
      "lang": "Algonquin",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "wajack"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "faʔru l-misk",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فَأْرُ المِسْك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "mur almizcleru"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ondatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ondatra",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ондатра"
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    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "arratoi musketadun"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "andátra",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "анда́тра"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "razh-musk"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ondatra",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ондатра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rata mesquera"
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    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "selagisqua",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ᏎᎳᎩᏍᏆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèshǔ",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "麝鼠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ondatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "bisamrotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muskusrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "šarapulo",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "шарапуло"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ondatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ondatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "moskusrotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "piisami"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rat musqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "aguaneira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ondaṭra",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ონდატრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bisamratte"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "moschopóntikas",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "μοσχοπόντικας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "pézsmapocok"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "moskusrotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "bísamrotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "moskorato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "muscfhrancach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "topo muschiato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "masukuratto",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "マスクラット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahyangjwi",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "사향쥐"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ondatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ondatra"
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    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "bizamowy šćurk"
    },
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      "code": "taa",
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      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "dzenh"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "Bisamrat"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bizamski staorec",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бизамски стаорец"
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    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "far tal-misk ta’ l-ilma"
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    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gi'gwesu"
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      "code": "umu",
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      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "xwáshkwshush"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "tooh łéʼétsoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "bisamrotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "wazhashk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piżmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rato almiscareiro"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bizam"
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    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "undatra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ondátra",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "онда́тра"
    },
    {
      "code": "str",
      "lang": "Saanich",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "sq̕əɬq̕əɬ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "medrona muscada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "topi muscau"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бизамски пацов"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bizamski pacov"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mošusni štakor"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bizamski štakor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "ondatra pižmová"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pižmovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "rata almizclera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bisam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bisamråtta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tcb",
      "lang": "Tanacross",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "dzenh"
    },
    {
      "code": "tli",
      "lang": "Tlingit",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "tsín"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "misk sıçanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "vukomak",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "вукомак"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ondátra",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "онда́тра"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "pižmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "pižmowa šćura"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "bizamowa myš"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "chuột xạ hương"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "mwsglygoden"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "llygoden fwsg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "word": "muskusrôt"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "pizem",
      "sense": "Ondatra zibethicus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּיזעם"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Suncus murinus",
      "word": "bělozubka hnědá"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Suncus murinus",
      "word": "kyläpäästäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Suncus murinus",
      "word": "Moschusspitzmaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "chachundar",
      "sense": "Suncus murinus",
      "word": "छछुंदर"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "suṇḍili",
      "sense": "Suncus murinus",
      "word": "ಸುಂಡಿಲಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "suṇḍili",
      "sense": "Suncus murinus",
      "word": "ಸುಂಡಿಲಿ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "muskrat"
}

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