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PACKRAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
Synonyms:
bushytail woodrat; Neotoma cinerea; pack rat; packrat; trade rat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("packrat" is a kind of...):
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; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packrat"):
dusky-footed woodrat; Neotoma fuscipes (host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California)
Holonyms ("packrat" is a member of...):
genus Neotoma; Neotoma (packrats)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A collector of miscellaneous useless objects
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("packrat" is a kind of...):
aggregator; collector (a person who collects things)
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