We found 4 definitions of packrat from 3 different sources.
NounPlural: packrats |
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packrat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects | ||
pack rat, 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 | ||
packrat - a collector of miscellaneous useless objects |