packrat

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	packrat - a collector of miscellaneous useless objectsaggregator, collector - a person who collects things
	2.	packrat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objectsbushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, trade rat, pack ratwood rat, wood-rat - 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)genus Neotoma, Neotoma - packratsdusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes - host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California