Norway rat
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Norway rat
n.
See brown rat.
Norway rat
n
(Animals) another name for brown rat
Nor′way rat′
n.
an Old World rat, Rattus norvegicus, having a grayish brown body and a long, scaly tail: introduced worldwide. Also called brown rat.
[1745–55]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() rat - any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse genus Rattus, Rattus - common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge wharf rat - brown rat that infests wharves sewer rat - brown rat commonly found in sewers |
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