NOUN | animal | bushytail woodrat, packrat, pack rat, trade rat, Neotoma cinerea | any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America |
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Meaning | Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects. | |
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Synonyms | packrat, pack rat, trade rat, Neotoma cinerea | |
Member of | Neotoma, genus Neotoma | packrats |
Narrower | dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes | host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California |
Broader | wood rat, wood-rat | Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears |
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