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wood-rat vs dusky-footed wood rat

dusky-footed wood rat vs wood-rat

wood-rat and dusky-footed wood rat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wood-rat Yes No No No
dusky-footed wood rat Yes No No No
As nouns, dusky-footed wood rat is a hyponym of wood-rat; that is, dusky-footed wood rat 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)
  • dusky-footed wood rat: a wood rat with dusky feet
wood-rat (noun) dusky-footed wood rat (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) a wood rat with dusky feet
Difference between wood-rat and dusky-footed wood rat

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