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New World rat

New World rat noun: any rat in the subfamilies Neotominae, Sigmodontinae, and Tylomyinae.

new world rat: any rat in the subfamilies Neotominae, Sigmodontinae, and Tylomyinae
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Noun

New World rat (plural New World rats)

  1. Any rat in the subfamilies Neotominae, Sigmodontinae, and Tylomyinae.

Forms of New World rat

pluralNew World rats

Questions about New World rat

What does New World rat mean?
New World rat means any rat in the subfamilies Neotominae, Sigmodontinae, and Tylomyinae.
What part of speech is New World rat?
New World rat is a noun.
What is the plural of New World rat?
The plural of New World rat is New World rats.

Words near New World rat in the dictionary

  1. New World orioles
  2. New World porcupine
  3. New World porcupines
  4. New World quail
  5. New World quails
  6. New World rat
  7. New World rats
  8. New World ROM
  9. New World screwworm
  10. New World screwworms
  11. New World sparrow

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