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white-bellied rat

white-bellied rat noun: any rat species of the murid genus Niviventer of Southeast Asia.

white-bellied rat: any rat species of the murid genus Niviventer of Southeast Asia
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Noun

white-bellied rat (plural white-bellied rats)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) Any rat species of the murid genus Niviventer of Southeast Asia.
    Synonyms:
    niviventer
  2. (sensu stricto) Niviventer niviventer, a species of murid found in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

white-bellied rat meaning in Indonesian

white-bellied rat in Indonesian

any Niviventer species
timpaus

Synonyms of white-bellied rat

Forms of white-bellied rat

pluralwhite-bellied rats

Origin of white-bellied rat

Calque of translingual Niviventer (literally “snow(-white)-belly”) and translingual Niviventer niviventer (a reduplication of the previous term), respectively. By surface analysis, white + bellied + rat

Words formed from white-bellied rat

Questions about white-bellied rat

What does white-bellied rat mean?
White-bellied rat means any rat species of the murid genus Niviventer of Southeast Asia.
What is white-bellied rat in Indonesian?
White-bellied rat in Indonesian is timpaus. See White-bellied rat meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is white-bellied rat?
White-bellied rat is a noun.
What is the plural of white-bellied rat?
The plural of white-bellied rat is white-bellied rats.

Words near white-bellied rat in the dictionary

  1. white-bearded antshrikes
  2. white-bellied nothura
  3. white-bellied nothuras
  4. white-bellied pitohui
  5. white-bellied pitohuis
  6. white-bellied rat
  7. white-bellied rats
  8. white-bellied sea eagle
  9. white-bellied sea eagles
  10. white-bellied swallow
  11. white-bellied tit

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