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desert rats

desert rats is the plural of desert rat.

Meaning of desert rat

Noun

desert rat (plural desert rats)

  1. A gerbil (subfamily Gerbillinae) of the deserts of Africa and Asia
  2. A kangaroo rat (genus Dipodomys) from North America
  3. A Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) from Africa
  4. A jerboa, including those of species Jaculus orientalis and Jaculus jaculus (lesser Egyptian jerboa), which inhabit the desert regions of North Africa.
  5. (historical, slang) A British or Australian soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42.
  6. (historical, slang) A wandering prospector.

Questions about desert rats

What is desert rats the plural of?
Desert rats is the plural of desert rat.

Words near desert rats in the dictionary

  1. desert physae
  2. desert physas
  3. desert principle
  4. desert raisin
  5. desert rat
  6. desert rats
  7. desert rheumatism
  8. desert rock
  9. desert rose
  10. desert roses
  11. desert rue

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