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crab-eating rat

crab-eating rat noun: ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America.

crab-eating rat: ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America
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Noun

crab-eating rat (plural crab-eating rats)

  1. Ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America.

Forms of crab-eating rat

pluralcrab-eating rats

Origin of crab-eating rat

crab + eating + rat

Questions about crab-eating rat

What does crab-eating rat mean?
Crab-eating rat means ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America.
What part of speech is crab-eating rat?
Crab-eating rat is a noun.
What is the plural of crab-eating rat?
The plural of crab-eating rat is crab-eating rats.

Words near crab-eating rat in the dictionary

  1. crab-eating frogs
  2. crab-eating macaque
  3. crab-eating macaques
  4. crab-eating raccoon
  5. crab-eating raccoons
  6. crab-eating rat
  7. crab-eating zorro
  8. crab-eating zorros
  9. crab-like rove beetle
  10. crab-like rove beetles
  11. crab-plover

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