rice rat
noun
any rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail, especially O. palustris, inhabiting rice fields and marshes of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
Words nearby rice rat
rice blast, rice bowl, rice coal, rice grass, rice paper, rice rat, rice weevil, rice-paper tree, ricebird, ricer, ricercar
Origin of rice rat
First recorded in 1880–85
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Examples from the Web for rice rat
The Florida rice-rat (Sigmodon hispidus) is another well-known representative of the group.