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RATTUS

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Meaning:

Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge

Synonyms:

genus Rattus; Rattus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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