| wood rat n. See pack rat. |
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| Noun | 1. |  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)gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing Cricetidae, family Cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters dusky-footed wood rat - a wood rat with dusky feet field mouse, vole - any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, trade rat, pack rat, packrat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana - large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States |
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