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wood-rat vs Neotoma floridana

Neotoma floridana vs wood-rat

wood-rat and Neotoma floridana both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wood-rat Yes No No No
Neotoma floridana Yes No No No
As nouns, Neotoma floridana is a hyponym of wood-rat; that is, Neotoma floridana is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wood-rat:
  • 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)
  • Neotoma floridana: large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
wood-rat (noun) Neotoma floridana (noun)
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) large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
Difference between wood-rat and Neotoma floridana

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