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Wood rat

Wood rat Meaning & Definition
Wood rat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wood rat?

[n] any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wood rat: woodrat

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See Also | bushytail woodrat | Cricetidae | eastern woodrat | family Cricetidae | field mouse | gnawer | gnawing animal | Neotoma cinerea | Neotoma floridana | pack rat | packrat | rodent | trade rat | vole

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