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; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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wood-rat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wood rat |
| Type of | gnawer, rodent |
| Has types | eastern woodrat, field mouse, vole, dusky-footed wood rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, neotoma cinerea, neotoma floridana, pack rat, packrat |
Examples of wood-rat
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Anything larger than a dusky-footed wood rat, and I'm someone's breakfast.
From the sacbee.com
You may see huge wood rat nests, made up of shiny objects and other debris, on the ground.
From the sfgate.com
Biologists worry this could affect the owl, as the dusky-footed wood rat feeds on acorns.
From the sacbee.com
I scurry through like a scared dusky-footed wood rat.
From the sacbee.com
Some of them are also in wood varnish, the insect poison DDT, arsenic, nail polish remover and rat poison.
From the heraldtribune.com
Look for the huge wood rat nests made up of mounds of twigs and branches, and for the lizards scurrying across the trails.
From the sfgate.com
In California, the northern spotted owl's primary prey is the dusky-footed wood rat, which lives in younger forests, Diller said.
From the sacbee.com
When everybody starts seeing the wood for the trees, we might get ourselves out of this continuous rat race of trying to keep up with the Jones.
From the money.uk.msn.com
The windowless dining rooms and dark wood interior reflect an era better suited for the Rat Pack than those caught up in Washington's rat race.
From the washingtontimes.com
