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Maclear's rats

Maclear's rats is the plural of Maclear's rat.

Meaning of Maclear's rat

Noun

Maclear's rat (plural Maclear's rats)

  1. (obsolete) Rattus macleari, a species of brown rat once endemic to Christmas Island, now extinct.

Questions about Maclear's rats

What is Maclear's rats the plural of?
Maclear's rats is the plural of Maclear's rat.

Words near Maclear's rats in the dictionary

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  2. Maclay
  3. macle
  4. Maclean
  5. Maclear's rat
  6. Maclear's rats
  7. Macleay
  8. Macleay laurel
  9. Macleay laurels
  10. Macleay's spectre
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