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ROOF RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roof rat mean?
• ROOF RAT (noun)
The noun ROOF RAT has 1 sense:
1. common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
Familiarity information: ROOF RAT 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 ("roof rat" is a kind of...):
rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)
Holonyms ("roof rat" is a member of...):
genus Rattus; Rattus (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)
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