Originally: †the muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus (obsolete). In later use: the monotypic genus containing the muskrat.
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Oliver Goldsmith (?1728–1774), author. From French ondatra, apparently from a Huron word.
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