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Pack Rat

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Noun

1. magpie, pack rat, scavenger

someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

2. bushytail woodrat, neotoma cinerea, pack rat, packrat, trade rat

any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pack Rat

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noun
any rat of the genus Neotoma, of W North America, having a long tail that is furry in some species: family Cricetidae
. Also called: woodrat

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Pack Rat

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1. 
any of a genus (Neotoma) of North American rats that often carry off and hide small articles in their nests
2.  Informal
a person who habitually saves unneeded, miscellaneous items

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pack Rat

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n.
1. Any of various small rodents of the genus Neotoma of North and Central America that collect in or around their nests a great variety of small objects. Also called trade rat, woodrat.
2. Western US A petty thief.
3. Informal A collector or accumulator of miscellaneous objects.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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