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brown rat
brown rat
noun
- a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus : a serious pest in all parts of the world Also calledNorway rat
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Origin of brown rat1
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Example Sentences
I have no doubt that this also is the case with the brown rat, and aids in keeping down its numbers.
The brown rat of India is identical with that of Europe, most naturalists being now agreed that it originally came from the East.
It was supposed by Pallas that the brown rat crossed over into Russia about the year 1727.
I find there is no bait so enticing to the brown rat as a piece of chicken or meat of any kind.
At first I regarded him as merely an ordinary intrusive brown rat.
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