Norway rat

Norway rat

n. See brown rat.

Norway rat

n (Animals) another name for brown rat

Nor′way rat′

n. an Old World rat, Rattus norvegicus, having a grayish brown body and a long, scaly tail: introduced worldwide. Also called brown rat. [1745–55]

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Noun

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Norway rat - common domestic rat; serious pest worldwidebrown rat, Rattus norvegicusrat - any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mousegenus Rattus, Rattus - common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edgewharf rat - brown rat that infests wharvessewer rat - brown rat commonly found in sewers

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Wanderratte