ondatra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The muskrat.

Word forms

ondatra ondatras

Etymology

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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