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English noun: wood rat

1. wood rat (animal) any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)


Synonymswood-rat


Broader (hypernym)gnawer, rodent


Narrower (hyponym)bushytail woodrat, dusky-footed wood rat, eastern woodrat, field mouse, Neotoma cinerea, Neotoma floridana, pack rat, packrat, trade rat, vole


Member meronymCricetidae, family Cricetidae









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