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sewer rat

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Noun1.sewer rat - brown rat commonly found in sewerssewer rat - brown rat commonly found in sewers  
brown rat, Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus - common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide


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CAPTION(S): MASTER RACE: Sewer rat Griffin is hardly a great advert for his beloved white gene pool THE GOOD OLD DAYS: Not really, says George.
A box of forgotten toys, monsters who hide under our beds, Parisian sewer rats, and a broken down trash compactor are all transformed into heroes in Pixar blockbusters, which repeatedly recycle the trash of our nightmares into the treasure of our better angels, expanding our sympathetic imagination and inviting us to see in these freaks and outcasts "the bone of our bone and the flesh of our flesh.
Wild Norway rats-also called wharf rats, sewer rats or brown rats-can weigh nearly 2 pounds and transmit a variety of diseases to humans.
 
 
 
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