pouched rat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pouched rat
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, was trained by the Belgian charity Apopo before moving to Cambodia to begin his bomb-sniffing career in 2016.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, passed away last weekend, said an announcement on the website of APOPO, a Belgium-headquartered non-profit group.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
The African giant pouched rat even received a gold medal in 2020 from Britain's People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for "lifesaving bravery and devotion to duty".
From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2022
The African giant pouched rat was part of the “HeroRAT” initiative run by the Belgian nonprofit APOPO, which works across Southeast Asia and Africa, training rats to detect land mines and tuberculosis.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Gopher, gō′fėr, n. a name in America applied to the prairie dog, the pouched rat, and to the land tortoise of the southern states.—v.i. to burrow, to mine in a small way.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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