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wood-rat vs pack rat

pack rat vs wood-rat

wood-rat and pack rat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wood-rat Yes No No No
pack rat Yes No No No
As nouns, pack rat is a hyponym of wood-rat; that is, pack 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)
  • pack rat: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
wood-rat (noun) pack 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) any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
Difference between wood-rat and pack rat

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