GENUS RATTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rattus mean? 

• GENUS RATTUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS RATTUS has 1 sense:

1. common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge

  Familiarity information: GENUS RATTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RATTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rattus; Rattus

Hypernyms ("genus Rattus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rattus"):

brown rat; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus (common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide)

black rat; Rattus rattus; roof rat (common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide)

Holonyms ("genus Rattus" is a member of...):

family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)