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    GENUS RATTUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edgeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Rattus; Rattus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Rattus" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Rattus"):

    brown rat; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus (common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide)

    black rat; Rattus rattus; roof rat (common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide)

    Holonyms ("genus Rattus" is a member of...):

    family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)

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