wood rat

noun

1. pack rat ( def 1 ).

wood rat

noun

1. another name for pack rat

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood rat¹

First recorded in 1750–60

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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