Definition of pack rat Pack rat
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What does pack rat mean?
WordNet
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| pack rat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects | ||
| packrat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea | ||
| wood-rat, wood rat any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) | ||
| genus neotoma, neotoma packrats | ||
| pack rat - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others | ||
| magpie, scavenger | ||
| hoarder a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use | ||
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Wiktionary 
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- The Pack rat, which is also called Wood rat or Trade rat, is a rodent of one of several species in the genus Neotoma. Very often, people mean the Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea). Packrats are common in the deserts and higlands of the western United States and northern Mexico. They are smaller than a usual (Old World) rat, and usually have long, sometimes bushy tails. They are also not related to the rat, other than also being a rodent.
