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Norwegian rat

Norwegian rat noun: the brown rat.

Noun

Norwegian rat (plural Norwegian rats)

  1. The brown rat.

Norwegian rat meaning in Tamil

Norwegian rat in Tamil

எலி வகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும், இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

Synonyms of Norwegian rat

Forms of Norwegian rat

pluralNorwegian rats

Origin of Norwegian rat

The common name was popularised (and perhaps coined) by English naturalist John Berkenhout, in his Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain (1769). Berkenhout believed the species migrated to England from Norwegian ships in 1728; he is also responsible for the scientific name.

Questions about Norwegian rat

What does Norwegian rat mean?
Norwegian rat means the brown rat.
What is Norwegian rat in Tamil?
Norwegian rat in Tamil is எலி வகைகளுள் ஒன்றாகும், இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Norwegian rat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Norwegian rat?
Norwegian rat is a noun.
What is the plural of Norwegian rat?
The plural of Norwegian rat is Norwegian rats.

Words near Norwegian rat in the dictionary

  1. Norwegian forest cat
  2. Norwegian forest cats
  3. Norwegian Lundehund
  4. Norwegian Lundehunds
  5. Norwegian Nynorsk
  6. Norwegian rat
  7. Norwegian rats
  8. Norwegian scabies
  9. Norwegian Sea
  10. Norwegian whist
  11. Norwegianess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Norwegian rat (page history and authors); Norwegian rat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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