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RATTUS RATTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rattus rattus mean?
• RATTUS RATTUS (noun)
The noun RATTUS RATTUS has 1 sense:
1. common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
Familiarity information: RATTUS RATTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black rat; Rattus rattus; roof rat
Hypernyms ("Rattus rattus" is a kind of...):
rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)
Holonyms ("Rattus rattus" is a member of...):
genus Rattus; Rattus (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)
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