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Meaning of "wood rat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WOOD RAT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOOD RAT

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Wood rat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WOOD RAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wood rat

Pack rat

A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat, can be any of the species in the rodent genus Neotoma. Pack rats have a rat-like appearance with long tails, large ears and large black eyes. Compared to deer mice, harvest mice and grasshopper mice, pack rats are noticeably larger and are usually somewhat larger than cotton rats.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOOD RAT

wood ibis
wood melic
wood melick
wood nymph
wood opal
wood owl
wood pigeon
wood pitch
wood preservative
wood pulp
wood sage
wood shavings
wood sorrel
wood spirit
wood stove
wood sugar
wood tar
wood trim
wood vinegar
wood warbler

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOOD RAT

bandicoot rat
black rat
brown rat
cane rat
desert rat
hood rat
kangaroo rat
mall rat
mole rat
moon rat
Norway rat
pack rat
rink rat
rug rat
sewer rat
smell a rat
water rat
wharf rat
white rat

Synonyms and antonyms of wood rat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wood rat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOOD RAT

Find out the translation of wood rat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wood rat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wood rat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

木鼠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rata de madera
570 millions of speakers

English

wood rat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लकड़ी चूहा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فأر الخشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дерево крысы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rato de madeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঠের ইঁদুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le rat des bois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tikus kayu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Holz Ratte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

木製ラット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나무 쥐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tikus kayu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuột gỗ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரம் எலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाकूड घूस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ahşap sıçan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legno ratto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczur drewna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дерево щури
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șobolan lemn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξύλο αρουραίος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hout rat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trä råtta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tre rotte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wood rat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD RAT»

The term «wood rat» is normally little used and occupies the 139.642 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOOD RAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wood rat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wood rat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wood rat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOOD RAT»

Discover the use of wood rat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wood rat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Publication: Zoological series
153 Reddish Wood Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Redman's Nose-leaf Bat . . . . . . . . . . 519 ... 253 Related White-footed Mouse . . . . . . 155 Related Wood Rat . ... 23o Rhoads' Wood Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Ribbon Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‚ .
‎1905
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The Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the West Indies
White-tailed Mouse 201 White-tailed Spermophile 142 White-throated Brown Bat 590 White-throated Capuchin 736, 737 White-throated Wood Rat 285 White- toothed Wood Rat 281 Wild Cat 458 Wild Dogs 464 Wolf, Mexican Timber 470, 471 ...
Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1904
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Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and ...
Bushy-Tailed Wood Rat—A bushy-tailed wood rat carrying a camper's watch to add to its midden. (Mike Shanahan) Scientific name: Neotoma cinerea Scientific classification: Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: ...
Ross Piper, 2007
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Zoological Series
272 Reddish Fox 380 Reddish Meadow Vole 240 Reddish Mouse 153 Reddish Wood Rat 210 Redman's Nose-leaf Bat 519 Red-thighed Spermophile 108 Related Chipmunk 90, 94 Related Musk Rat 253 Related White-footed Mouse 155 ...
‎1905
5
Fieldiana: Zoology
531 Reddish Meadow Vole 292 Reddish Mouse 229 Red-fronted Lemur 544 Reedbuck 70 Reed buck, Chanler's 71 Reedbuck, Ward's 71 Reindeer 40 Related Chipmunk 150, 156 Related White-footed Mouse 232 Related Wood Rat 267 ...
‎1907
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A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the ...
272 Reddish Fox 380 Reddish Meadow Vole 240 Reddish Mouse 153 Reddish Wood Rat 210 Redman's Nose-leaf Bat 519 Red-thighed Spermophile 108 Related Chipmunk 90, 94 Related Musk Rat 253 Related White-footed Mouse 155 ...
Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1905
7
Classical Five Element Chinese Astrology Made Easy
Find your Day Here Stem Branch Stem Branch Day Day Time January 6— February 5 Yin Wood Ox Yin Water Pig Jan 30 11: 42 February 5—29,—March 5 Yang Fire Tiger Yang Wood Rat Feb 1 23: 19 March 5—April 4 Yin Fire Rabbit Yang ...
David Twicken, 2000
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Anatomy of the Wood Rat; Comparative Anatomy of the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
A. Brazier 1886- Howell, 2011
9
The Nature-study Review
The city had grown up around the wood rat? but as their fathers and mothers had lived there for a long time they did not like to move. It was true the house cats often gave them a scare. But many of their wild enemies such as bobcat and coyote ...
‎1921
10
Festschrift for B. F. Skinner
Further sessions were then conducted with the original wood present to see if and when the rats would resume gnawing. Rat 2-0 ignored the wood until its ninth session with the original wood. Rat 3-0 started to gnaw during the fourth session.
Peter B. Dews, 1970

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOOD RAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wood rat is used in the context of the following news items.
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New York City rats, fleas could carry bubonic plague
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cases are mostly spread by encounters with wild rodents such as prairie dogs, wood rats, mice, ... «CBS News, Mar 15»
2
Wood rats habitually build nests in large accumulations of material
Pack rats are nocturnal mammals and are seldom seen by day. We have three species of pack rat in and around Taos, the white-throated wood rat, (Neotoma ... «taosnews, Dec 14»
3
Get to know the Eastern wood rat
Distinguishing characteristics: The eastern wood rat is a medium-sized brownish-gray rodent with prominent short-haired ears; bulging black eyes and long, ... «Baxter Bulletin, Oct 14»
4
Eastern wood rat (Neotama floridana)
"Pack rat" is the most common name used for this long-tailed rodent, which is found in parts of Missouri. On a lesser-known basis, the eastern wood rat was the ... «Springfield News-Leader, Oct 14»
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As Illicit Pot Farms Resort to Rat Poison, They Are “Wiping Out …
Predators, being opportunistic by nature, generally are disinclined to pass up the carcasses of nice, fat, dead wood rats. “It's wiping out everything,” says Barrett. «CALIFORNIA, Apr 14»
6
Cats Are Obliterating Florida's Endangered Wood Rats
Camera traps have repeatedly shown the cats climbing onto the wood rats' nests, waiting, and leaping to the attack. Even talking about the effect of house cats ... «TakePart, Jan 14»
7
Pot Plantation Rat Poison Examined In Emerald Triangle Owl Deaths
The rat poison could be significant, however, in the southern part of their ... crawdads and wood rats for rat poison, and testing barred owls that are killed in the ... «Huffington Post, May 13»
8
Who builds those stick houses, anyway? Woodrats!
Stewart Gilbert of San Rafael writes to ask: “Who makes these homes built out of sticks? They're very common at China Camp. From a wood rat of some sort? «Bay Nature, May 13»

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