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pack rat

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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
n
(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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Noun1.pack rat - someone who collects things that have been discarded by otherspack rat - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
magpie, scavenger
hoarder - 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 Americapack rat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, trade rat, packrat
wood 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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