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eastern woodrat vs wood-rat

wood-rat vs eastern woodrat

eastern woodrat and wood-rat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
eastern woodrat Yes No No No
wood-rat Yes No No No
As nouns, wood-rat is a hypernym of eastern woodrat; that is, wood-rat is a word with a broader meaning than eastern woodrat:
  • eastern woodrat: large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
  • 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 eastern woodrat include wood rat.
eastern woodrat (noun) wood-rat (noun)
large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States 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 eastern woodrat and wood-rat

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