| n. | 1. | Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America, especially Neotoma cinerea, which hoard food and other objects in their nests. |
| 2. | A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely to be useful. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  packrat - a collector of miscellaneous useless objectsaggregator, collector - a person who collects things |
| 2. |  packrat - 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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