DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dusky-footed woodrat mean? 

• DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT (noun)
  The noun DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT has 1 sense:

1. host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California

  Familiarity information: DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dusky-footed woodrat; Neotoma fuscipes

Hypernyms ("dusky-footed woodrat" is a kind of...):

bushytail woodrat; Neotoma cinerea; pack rat; packrat; trade rat (any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects)

Holonyms ("dusky-footed woodrat" is a member of...):

genus Neotoma; Neotoma (packrats)