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RICE RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rice rat mean?
• RICE RAT (noun)
The noun RICE RAT has 1 sense:
1. hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
Familiarity information: RICE RAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Oryzomys palustris; rice rat
Hypernyms ("rice rat" is a kind of...):
rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)
Holonyms ("rice rat" is a member of...):
genus Oryzomys; Oryzomys (rice rats)
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