…a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases…
…a minor, typically residential street used by drivers during peak periods to avoid congestion on main roads…
…a rapping sound (used especially in reference to a sequence of knocks on a door or the sound of gunfire)…
…a rat with dark fur, large ears, and a long tail. It is found throughout the world, being particularly common in the tropics, and is the chief host of the plague-transmitting flea…
…a rat found throughout the world, typically living in association with man and regarded as a pest. It is commonly kept as a laboratory animal and as a pet, and is also bred in the albino form…
…a large rat-like African rodent found in wetlands south of the Sahara. It is often a pest of sugar plantations…
…a young person who frequents shopping malls, usually for social purposes…
…a herbivorous short-legged rat-like rodent that typically lives permanently underground, with long incisors that protrude from the mouth and are used in digging…
…a group of journalists and photographers who pursue celebrities in a relentless or aggressive way…
…a ration pack issued by the army to men on duty away from base camp…
…a way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power…
…a harmless constricting snake that feeds on rats and other small mammals…
…a narrow hairless tail like that of a rat, or something that resembles one…
…a nocturnal rat that typically lives in marshy or damp areas, native to America, the Caribbean, and the Galapagos Islands…
…a young person who spends time around an ice-hockey rink in the hope of meeting players, watching practice, and spending time on the ice…
…an African rodent that frequents dense vegetation on swampy ground…
…a large nocturnal burrowing rat that feeds chiefly on the roots of bamboo and other plants, found in the forests of SE Asia…
…a short-tailed rat found in grassland and scrub from North America to Guyana…
…a soldier of the 7th British armoured division (with the jerboa as a badge) in the North African desert campaign of 1941-2…
…an island group in southwestern Alaska, part of the Aleutian Islands, that lie between the Near and Andreanof islands. Amchitka and Kiska islands are also included…
…a terrier of a small, short-haired breed originally used for hunting rats and other vermin…
…a seed-eating hopping rodent with large cheek pouches and long hind legs, found from Canada to Mexico…
…a disease contracted from the bite of a rat which causes inflammation of the skin and fever or vomiting…
…a small rat-like Australian marsupial with long hindlimbs used for hopping…
…a blind and hairless mole rat living in large underground colonies in East Africa. The colony structure is similar to that of social insects, with only one pair breeding and most other individuals acting as workers…
…the aquatic larva of the drone fly, with a tail-like telescopic breathing tube that enables it to breathe air while submerged…
…a fluffy-haired gregarious Australian rat which builds nests of interwoven sticks…
