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bushytail woodrat vs wood-rat

wood-rat vs bushytail woodrat

bushytail woodrat and wood-rat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bushytail woodrat Yes No No No
wood-rat Yes No No No
As nouns, wood-rat is a hypernym of bushytail woodrat; that is, wood-rat is a word with a broader meaning than bushytail woodrat:
  • bushytail woodrat: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
  • wood-rat: any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
Other hypernyms of bushytail woodrat include wood rat.
bushytail woodrat (noun) wood-rat (noun)
any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
Difference between bushytail woodrat and wood-rat

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