| pack rat n. 1. Any of various small North American rodents of the genus Neotoma that collect in or around their nests a great variety of small objects. Also called trade rat, wood rat. 2. Western U.S. A petty thief. 3. Informal A collector or accumulator of miscellaneous objects. |
pack rat
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any rat of the genus Neotoma, of W North America, having a long tail that is furry in some species: family Cricetidae Also called wood rat
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| Noun | 1. |  pack rat - someone who collects things that have been discarded by othershoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use |
| 2. |  pack rat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objectswood rat, wood-rat - 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) genus Neotoma, Neotoma - packrats dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes - host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California |
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