muskrat fur vs pelt

muskrat fur and pelt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
muskrat fur	Yes	No	No	No
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pelt is a hypernym of muskrat fur; that is, pelt is a word with a broader meaning than muskrat fur:

Other hypernyms of muskrat fur include fur.

muskrat fur (noun)	pelt (noun)
the brown fur of a muskrat	body covering of a living animal
	the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

muskrat fur (verb)	pelt (verb)
	attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
	cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
	rain heavily