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rat dog

rat dog noun: a dog trained to hunt out rats.

Noun

rat dog (plural rat dogs)

  1. A dog trained to hunt out rats.
    Synonyms:
    ratter

Synonyms of rat dog

Forms of rat dog

pluralrat dogs

Questions about rat dog

What does rat dog mean?
Rat dog means a dog trained to hunt out rats.
What part of speech is rat dog?
Rat dog is a noun.
What is the plural of rat dog?
The plural of rat dog is rat dogs.

Words near rat dog in the dictionary

  1. rat cake
  2. rat cakes
  3. rat cheese
  4. rat chinchilla
  5. rat chinchillas
  6. rat dog
  7. rat dogs
  8. rat fever
  9. rat fink
  10. rat finked
  11. rat finking

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