Akademik

pack rat

noun

1. any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects

• Syn: ↑packrat, ↑trade rat, ↑bushytail woodrat, ↑Neotoma cinerea

• Hypernyms: ↑wood rat, ↑wood-rat

• Hyponyms: ↑dusky-footed woodrat, ↑Neotoma fuscipes

• Member Holonyms: ↑Neotoma, ↑genus Neotoma

2. someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

• Syn: ↑magpie, ↑scavenger

• Derivationally related forms: ↑scavenge (for: ↑scavenger)

• Hypernyms: ↑hoarder

Useful english dictionary. 2012.