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GENUS RATTUS

• GENUS RATTUS (noun)
The noun GENUS RATTUS has 1 sense:

1. common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge

Familiarity information: GENUS RATTUS used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS RATTUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rattus; Rattus

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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Useful links:
Definition of family Muridae
Definition of Muridae
Definition of Norway rat
Pronunciation of roof rat
Definition of brown rat

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