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pack rat vs wood rat

wood rat vs pack rat

pack rat and wood rat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pack rat Yes No No No
wood rat Yes No No No
As nouns, wood rat is a hypernym of pack rat; that is, wood rat is a word with a broader meaning than pack rat:
  • pack rat: 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 pack rat include wood-rat.
pack rat (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)
someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
Difference between pack rat and wood rat

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