Translingual

Ondatra zibethicus

Proper noun

Ondatra m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – the muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus (sole extant species).

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily; Cricetidae - family; Arvicolinae - subfamily; Cricetini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ondatra zibethicus - sole extant species; see Ondatra at Fossilworks for extinct species

English

Noun

ondatra ‎(plural ondatras)

1. (chiefly US) The muskrat.
   • 1852, The Swiss Family Robinson, a translation of Johann David Wyss' German Der Schweizerische Robinson, chapter 39:

     The first was the musk-beaver, not much different from the ondatra, excepting in the formation of his snout.

References

1. ↑ 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2

Czech

Noun

ondatra f

1. muskrat