RICE RAT


Meaning of RICE RAT in English

noun

or rice mouse

: any of various cricetid rats (genus Oryzomys ) abundant in moist or swampy areas from New Jersey to Venezuela ; especially : a rodent ( O. palustris ) of the southeastern United States that greatly resembles the Norway rat

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