noun
common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
• Syn: ↑Norway rat, ↑Rattus norvegicus
• Hypernyms: ↑rat
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rattus, ↑genus Rattus
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noun : the common domestic rat (Rattus norvegicus)
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brown rat noun
The larger and commoner of the two British rats (often black)
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Main Entry: ↑brown
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brown rat,
a common rat, having coarse, brown fur, found on ships, in houses, and in buildings virtually everywhere in the world; Norway rat.
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n. a rat found throughout the world, often living in association with man and regarded as a pest. It is commonly kept as a laboratory animal and as a pet, and is also bred in the albino form. Also called , Norway rat. ● Rattus norvegicus, family Muridae
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a common type of ↑rat
Useful english dictionary. 2012.