English noun: pack rat | |||
1. | pack rat (person) someone who collects things that have been discarded by others | ||
Synonyms | magpie, scavenger | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hoarder | ||
2. | pack rat (animal) any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects | ||
Synonyms | bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, packrat, trade rat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wood rat, wood-rat | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes | ||
Member meronym | genus Neotoma, Neotoma | ||