Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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);
[syn: wood rat, wood-rat]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wood-rat
n 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) [syn:
wood rat, wood-rat]