wood rat (n)
wood-rat (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def 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
def some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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Hypernym rodent, gnawer
Member holonym Cricetidae, family Cricetidae
Hyponym dusky-footed wood rat; vole, field mouse; packrat, pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea; eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana
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Hyponym rodent, gnawer
Member meronym Cricetidae, family Cricetidae
Hypernym dusky-footed wood rat; vole, field mouse; packrat, pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea; eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana

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