WATER RAT
Dictionary entry overview: What does water rat mean?
• WATER RAT (noun)
The noun WATER RAT has 3 senses:
1. a person who enjoys being in or on the water
2. common large Eurasian vole
3. any of various amphibious rats
Familiarity information: WATER RAT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WATER RAT (noun)
Meaning:
A person who enjoys being in or on the water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
water dog; water rat
Hypernyms ("water rat" is a kind of...):
crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)
Meaning:
Common large Eurasian vole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arvicola amphibius; water vole; water rat
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)
Meaning:
Any of various amphibious rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("water rat" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals 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)
