WATER RAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water rat mean? 

• WATER RAT (noun)
  The noun WATER RAT has 3 senses:

1. a person who enjoys being in or on the water

2. common large Eurasian vole

3. any of various amphibious rats

  Familiarity information: WATER RAT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER RAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who enjoys being in or on the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

water dog; water rat

Hypernyms ("water rat" is a kind of...):

crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common large Eurasian vole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Arvicola amphibius; water rat; water vole

Hypernyms ("water rat" is a kind of...):

field mouse; vole (any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows)

Holonyms ("water rat" is a member of...):

Arvicola; genus Arvicola (in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of various amphibious rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("water rat" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water rat"):

beaver rat (amphibious rat of Australia and New Guinea)