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pack rat

DEFINITIONS OF: pack rat

1

n someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

Synonyms:
magpie, scavenger
Type of:
hoarder
a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use

n any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects

Synonyms:
Neotoma cinerea, bushytail woodrat, packrat, trade rat
Types:
Neotoma fuscipes, dusky-footed woodrat
host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
Type 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)
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