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ratborne

ratborne adjective: transmitted by rats.

Adjective

ratborne (not comparable)

  1. Transmitted by rats.
    • And your Caribbeans with their spliffs and their potbelly toddlers and their like daily barbecues and ratborne hanta viruses and sugary drinks with pig blood at the bottom? Slam the cell door, eat the key.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin of ratborne

From rat + -borne.

Questions about ratborne

What does ratborne mean?
Ratborne means transmitted by rats.
What part of speech is ratborne?
Ratborne is an adjective.

Words near ratborne in the dictionary

  1. Ratay
  2. ratbag
  3. ratbaggeries
  4. ratbaggery
  5. ratbags
  6. ratborne
  7. Ratboy
  8. Ratby
  9. ratcastle
  10. ratcastles
  11. ratcatcher

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