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# muskrat

noun (plural muskrats)

«muskrat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A muskrat is a small water animal with thick brown fur, found in North America and Europe, which lives near rivers and ponds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muskrat/#m1)

### In the lessons

in animal tales, a creature that lives by the water and may speak or act like a character

### Examples

- The muskrat laughed at the snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muskrat/#x1)
- Rikki scornfully asked if a snake-killer kills muskrats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muskrat/#x2)
- The hungry muskrat would not run the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muskrat/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «muskrat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muskrat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«muskrat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/muskrat.html) on Mova free.