| NOUN | person | pack rat, magpie, scavenger | someone who collects things that have been discarded by others |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | pack rat, packrat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea | any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America |
| Meaning | someone who collects things that have been discarded by others. | |
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| Synonyms | magpie, scavenger | |
| Broader | hoarder | A person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use |
| Spanish | basurero | |
| Catalan | garsa | |
| 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, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, 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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