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NORWAY RAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Norway rat mean? 

NORWAY RAT (noun)
  The noun NORWAY RAT has 1 sense:

1. common domestic rat; serious pest worldwideplay

  Familiarity information: NORWAY RAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NORWAY RAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brown rat; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus

Hypernyms ("Norway rat" is a kind of...):

rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norway rat"):

wharf rat (brown rat that infests wharves)

sewer rat (brown rat commonly found in sewers)

Holonyms ("Norway rat" is a member of...):

genus Rattus; Rattus (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)


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