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Desert rat Moderate

Desert rat has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae

2

One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:

3

A gerbil (subfamily Gerbillinae) of the deserts of Africa and Asia

See Also
kangaroo rat gerbillinae mouselike dipodomys desert gerbil jerboa
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pocket rat
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Ord kangaroo rat
Rhyming Words
prat drat brat rrat crat grat erat frat derat sprat scrat torat carat virat herat curat jurat morat kirat qirat
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