wood rat

noun

1. pack rat.

wood rat

noun

1. another name for pack rat

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood rat¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

Woodland creatures that could carry the disease and should be avoided include chipmunks, wood rats, mice and marmots.

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His tools sprawled across the table and onto the floor, as though rummaged through by a band of wood rats.

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The new study says nothing about possible reservoirs, but parasitologists have long known that leishmania parasites exist in Southern Plains wood rats, says Molyneux, who was not involved in the study.

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That, he said, was the work of antelope squirrels and desert wood rats that had braved the sharp needles grown by ocotillo for self-protection.

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A wood rat she can’t bring herself to kill has recently taken up residence under her house, and every day it leaves piles of rocks by her desk window as an inscrutable offering.

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