wood-rat
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1. 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) (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | gnawer, rodent, |
| definition | : | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | field mouse, vole, |
| definition | : | any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | cricetidae, family cricetidae, |
| definition | : | mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters (noun.animal) |
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