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# muskrat

«muskrat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small water animal with thick brown fur, found in North…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural muskrats)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muskrat/#m1)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «muskrat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muskrat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.