rat




any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse


Type of:
  • rodent; gnawer

Types:
  • pocket rat
  • brown rat; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus
  • black rat; roof rat; Rattus rattus
  • bandicoot rat; mole rat
  • jerboa rat
  • rice rat; Oryzomys palustris


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