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GENUS ONDATRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ondatra mean?
• GENUS ONDATRA (noun)
The noun GENUS ONDATRA has 1 sense:
1. muskrats
Familiarity information: GENUS ONDATRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Muskrats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ondatra; Ondatra
Hypernyms ("genus Ondatra" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ondatra"):
muskrat; musquash; Ondatra zibethica (beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur)
Holonyms ("genus Ondatra" is a member of...):
Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)
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