BLACK RAT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide

Synonyms:

black rat; Rattus rattus; roof rat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("black rat" is a kind of...):

rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)

Holonyms ("black rat" is a member of...):

genus Rattus; Rattus (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)

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