rattus

English Thesaurus

1. common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	brown rat, norway rat, rattus norvegicus,
definition	:	common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	black rat, rattus rattus, roof rat,
definition	:	common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family muridae, muridae,
definition	:	originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches (noun.animal)