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COTTON RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cotton rat mean?
• COTTON RAT (noun)
The noun COTTON RAT has 1 sense:
1. destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
Familiarity information: COTTON RAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cotton rat; Sigmodon hispidus
Hypernyms ("cotton rat" is a kind of...):
gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Holonyms ("cotton rat" is a member of...):
genus Sigmodon; Sigmodon (American cotton rats)
Context examples
The cotton rat has wide applications in viral research.
(Cotton Rat, NCI Thesaurus)
The cotton rat has a stout body, small ears and a dark coat that can be dark brown or mixed buff and black, with a tail length that is 35% of its total body length.
(Cotton Rat, NCI Thesaurus)
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