muskrat

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Recent Examples of muskrat Painter and Jensen have seen beavers, muskrats, pond turtles, deer and black bears roaming the grounds. David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025 Even in her early twenties, Long held staunch opinions on stocking colors and children’s frocks, Christmas cards and muskrat coats. The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025 Imagine a pale roly-poly the size of a muskrat wandering the seafloor. Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 The muskrats are depended on by bald eagles, and muskrats are probably the biggest consumer of the freshwater mussels. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muskrat
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Noun
  • The beaver moon is one of three massive moons this year and the closest one to Earth, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • What is special about a beaver moon?
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Texans may also have run-ins with wildlife, such as raccoons, opossums and squirrels, during the winter months, according to 855 Bugs.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Armadillo, mink, weasel and otter all hold varying degrees of risk associated with consumption.
    Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The farmer, his son and grandson were still collecting mink, with more than a dozen live traps deployed and checked routinely, Hobbs said.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Add texture to beds, couches, and chairs with a plush faux rabbit fur throw blanket, incorporate a pop of color with a throw pillow, and dress up your walls with practical floating shelves or sconces.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • While animals like rabbit, quail and grouse are commonly used in the culinary arts, other animals that are legally allowed for consumption may pose health risks.
    Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the first months, several truckloads of household and construction debris were removed; 11 fish species were introduced to the lake; and rare birds and animals—including the Eurasian otter, badger, black stork, merlin, and eagle owl—returned to the area.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This past month, Swifties helped raise $2 million for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s otter conservation efforts after Swift sported one of the organization’s vintage T-shirts.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dachshunds, originally bred in Germany for hunting badgers, are known for their persistence, energy and strong prey drive.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the first months, several truckloads of household and construction debris were removed; 11 fish species were introduced to the lake; and rare birds and animals—including the Eurasian otter, badger, black stork, merlin, and eagle owl—returned to the area.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.
    Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Most of these migrants were fisher-hunter-gatherers and belonged to numerous ethnic groups who left vital evidence of their presence in stones, burial sites, and artifacts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The lights themselves are also heavy, can make the nets sag, and not easy for fishers to work with.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025

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