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NORWAY RAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Norway rat mean?
• NORWAY RAT (noun)
The noun NORWAY RAT has 1 sense:
1. common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
Familiarity information: NORWAY RAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
brown rat; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus
Hypernyms ("Norway rat" is a kind of...):
rat (any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norway rat"):
wharf rat (brown rat that infests wharves)
sewer rat (brown rat commonly found in sewers)
Holonyms ("Norway rat" is a member of...):
genus Rattus; Rattus (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)
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