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		Definition of water rat in English: water ratnoun  1A large semiaquatic rodent. Several genera in the family Muridae, in particular Hydromys of Australasia  Example sentencesExamples -  To determine the geographical distribution of the phenotypes, we analyzed 820 skins of the South American water rat that were collected in various places in Brazil over a century and deposited at the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro.
 -  Down here is all darkness, the only sound the slur of rain in the dirt, water rats scratching inside the walls.
 -  Within this family, some species are particularly relevant, as is the case of Nectomys squamipes, a South American water rat that is a primary host of the parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
 -  It's murky, and I realize that there might be water rats.
 -  The 17 hectare nature protects eight hectares of undisturbed rainforest, which is home to pademelons, brush turkeys, water rats and possums that can be seen on walks.
 -  Smooth-coated otters are omnivorous and will eat insects, earthworms, crustaceans, frogs, water rats, turtles, large birds, and fish.
 -  Since when did notions of cleaning up the backyard shed, eating water rats, and wiping the bottoms of naughty rich children constitute entertainment?
 
  Synonyms pirate, marauder, raider, plunderer, bandit, robber - 1.1British 
another term for water vole  Example sentencesExamples -  Never having seen such a thing as a river, he becomes immediately entranced and soon makes a friend of Mr. Rat, a water rat living right on the bank.
 -  It cut its teeth on water rat, badger, otter and fox in its native Yorkshire, England, then proved to be an excellent watchdog and retriever, too.
 -  The annual report from the conservation charity Mammal Trust UK named the water vole - also known as the water rat - as the UK's most rapidly declining mammal.
 -  There are kingfishers, herons, mink, water rats…
 -  Elsewhere, herons studied it; swans, ducks, coots and moorhens ruffled it; water rats (I saw only one) sent small, semicircular ripples out across it.
 -  Following Coleridge's death the second editor was Frederick Furnivall, a fantastic eccentric in an age of eccentrics (he was the model for the water rat in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows).
 -  He conjures up images of water rats and crested newts killed by bulldozers.
 
  
    Definition of water rat in US English: water ratnounˈwɔdər ˌræt Any of a number of semiaquatic rodents. Several species, in particular the Florida water rat (Neofiber alleni, family Muridae) of Florida and southern Georgia, and the muskrat  Example sentencesExamples -  Since when did notions of cleaning up the backyard shed, eating water rats, and wiping the bottoms of naughty rich children constitute entertainment?
 -  The 17 hectare nature protects eight hectares of undisturbed rainforest, which is home to pademelons, brush turkeys, water rats and possums that can be seen on walks.
 -  To determine the geographical distribution of the phenotypes, we analyzed 820 skins of the South American water rat that were collected in various places in Brazil over a century and deposited at the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro.
 -  Within this family, some species are particularly relevant, as is the case of Nectomys squamipes, a South American water rat that is a primary host of the parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
 -  Smooth-coated otters are omnivorous and will eat insects, earthworms, crustaceans, frogs, water rats, turtles, large birds, and fish.
 -  Down here is all darkness, the only sound the slur of rain in the dirt, water rats scratching inside the walls.
 -  It's murky, and I realize that there might be water rats.
 
  Synonyms pirate, marauder, raider, plunderer, bandit, robber     |