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brown rat

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world Also called Norway rat

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brown rat - common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide

Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus

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

genus Rattus, Rattus - common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge

wharf rat - brown rat that infests wharves

sewer rat - brown rat commonly found in sewers

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Brown genus Rattus Maori rat Norway rat rat Rattus Rattus norvegicus rodent scaly sewer rat type wharf rat white rat			Robert Voss, Curator of Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, there has never been a single instance of a pathogen being transferred from the Norwegian rat to humans. How the civilized world keeps rats at bay by Fox, Stuart / Real Estate Weekly Experimental infection of Norwegian rats (Rattus norvegicus) with ratpox virus. Cowpox virus transmission from rats to monkeys, the Netherlands by Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases Brown or Norwegian rats - or rattus norvegicus - multiply so fast that in 18 months one pair could have more than a million descendants. DON'T PANIC ..BUT IT'S A BOOM TIME FOR TOWN RATS; Dirty rodents on ... by The Mirror (London, England)			northwestwardly northwestwards Northwich Norton Norton Sound nortriptyline Noruz Norvasc Norvir Norw. Norwalk Norway Norway haddock Norway lobster Norway maple Norway pine Norway rat Norway spruce Norwegian Norwegian buhund Norwegian elkhound Norwegian forest cat Norwegian krone Norwegian lobster Norwegian monetary unit Norwegian rat Norwegian Sea Norwegium Norweyan Norwich Norwich terrier nos. nose nose about or around Nose around Nose bit nose candy nose cone nose count nose dive nose drops nose flute Nose hammer Nose hole nose job Nose key Nose leaf Nose of wax nose out Nose piece nose rag			Norwegian National Theater Norwegian Network for Technology, Acoustics and Music Norwegian Nynorsk Norwegian Oil Industry Association Norwegian Oil Spill Control Association Norwegian Operation of 1940 Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers Norwegian Outdoor Exploration Center Norwegian Over the Counter Market Norwegian Paint Horse Association Norwegian Parliament Norwegian Parliament Norwegian people Norwegian People's Aid Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Norwegian Polar Institute Norwegian Polar Research Institute Norwegian Police Security Service Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority Norwegian Project Office - Rural Rehabilitation Association Norwegian Quake League Norwegian Quarter Horse Association Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority Norwegian Radio Navigation Plan Norwegian Radium Hospital Research Foundation Norwegian rat Norwegian red cattle Norwegian red cattle Norwegian red cattle Norwegian Refugee Council Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law Norwegian Resource Bank for Democracy and Human Rights Norwegian Road Research Laboratory Norwegian scabies Norwegian scabies Norwegian scabies Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Norwegian Sea Norwegian Sea Norwegian Sea Arctic Intermediate Water Norwegian Sea Bottom Water Norwegian Sea deep water Norwegian Seafood Export Council Norwegian Search and Rescue Team Norwegian Securities Dealers Association Norwegian Security Act Norwegian Seismic Array Norwegian Shipowners’ Association Norwegian Sign Language Norwegian Signal Processing Symposium Norwegian Singers Association of America Norwegian Snowboard Association Norwegian Social Science Data Services Norwegian Social Security Agency Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature

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brown rat (redirected from Norwegian rat)

brown rat
(redirected from Norwegian rat)