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WATER RAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various amphibious rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water rat"):

beaver rat (amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common large Eurasian vole

Synonyms:

Arvicola amphibius; water rat; water vole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

field mouse; vole (any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows)

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

Arvicola; genus Arvicola (in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who enjoys being in or on the water

Synonyms:

water dog; water rat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)

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