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

Noun
white-bellied rat (plural white-bellied rats)
white-bellied rat meaning in Indonesian
white-bellied rat in Indonesian
- any Niviventer species
- timpaus
Synonyms of white-bellied rat
- niviventer
Forms of white-bellied rat
| plural | white-bellied rats |
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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
- Anderson's white-bellied rat
- Brahma white-bellied rat
- Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat
- chestnut white-bellied rat
- Chinese white-bellied rat
- Coxing's white-bellied rat
- Hainan white-bellied rat
- Lang Bian white-bellied rat
- large white-bellied rat
- Mekong white-bellied rat
- montane Sumatran white-bellied rat
- narrow-tailed white-bellied rat
- Oldfield white-bellied rat
- Tenasserim white-bellied rat
- Tibetan 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
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