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black rats

black rats is the plural of black rat.

Meaning of black rat

Noun

black rat (plural black rats)

  1. A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.
    • The black rat spread wherever they settled, and so tied was it to Roman habitats that it became extinct in Britain following the Roman withdrawal, only to reappear in Norman times. Thereafter the black rat prospered - until the arrival of the larger brown rat (also known as the sewer rat or Norway...2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 272

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What is black rats the plural of?
Black rats is the plural of black rat.

Words near black rats in the dictionary

  1. black rain
  2. Black Range
  3. black raspberries
  4. black raspberry
  5. black rat
  6. black rats
  7. black redstart
  8. black redstarts
  9. black rent
  10. black rhino
  11. black rhinoceros

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