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wood rat
wood rat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wood rat1
First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences
A new subspecies of wood rat (Neotoma) from northeastern Mexico.
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When Longhead returned in the evening he was treated to a surprise—supper of two courses, broiled wood-rat and roasted carrot.
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He heard the scurrying flight of a starved wood-rat, a flutter of loose papers, and then the silence of death fell about him.
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The wood rat and magpie will steal every imaginable article about a house, carry it away and secrete it.
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He is a most lovely wood-rat, and all his ways are ways of gentleness.
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