Word.ws English Dictionary

ratpox

ratpox noun: a viral infection of rats, similar to cowpox.

Noun

ratpox (uncountable)

  1. A viral infection of rats, similar to cowpox

Questions about ratpox

What does ratpox mean?
Ratpox means a viral infection of rats, similar to cowpox.
What part of speech is ratpox?
Ratpox is a noun.

Words near ratpox in the dictionary

  1. ratooning
  2. ratoons
  3. ratos
  4. ratpack
  5. ratpacks
  6. ratpox
  7. ratproof
  8. rats
  9. rats in a granary
  10. rats in granaries
  11. rats on

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ratpox (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ratpox.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ratpox. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.