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spiny rats

spiny rats is the plural of spiny rat.

Meaning of spiny rat

Noun

spiny rat (plural spiny rats)

  1. Any of certain caviomorph rodents of the family Echimyidae of Neotropical spiny rats, especially of genus Proechimys, that resemble rats and have stiff, pointed hairs, or spines.
    • Spiny rats, Proechimys semispinosus, are rodents weighing up to 500 g which eat fruits and seeds that have fallen to the forest floor. In Lutz catchment, a spiny rat's territory is three-fifths as wide as an agouti's (Smythe et al. 1982).1999, Egbert Giles Leigh Jr., Tropical Forest Ecology : A View from Barro Colorado Island, page 28
    Synonyms:
    hedgehog rat, porcupine rat
  2. Any member of two species of genus Rattus.
  3. Any member of the species of genus Maxomys (sometimes considered a subgenus of Rattus).
  4. A Ryukyu spiny rats (Tokudaia).
  5. A Sulawesi spiny rats (Echiothrix).

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What is spiny rats the plural of?
Spiny rats is the plural of spiny rat.

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