pack rat

Noun
  1. Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others (synset 110300973)
    is a type of: hoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
    same as: magpie, scavenger
  2. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America;
    Hoards food and other objects (synset 102342574)
    is a type of: wood 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)
    subtypes: dusky-footed woodrat, neotoma fuscipes - host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
    belongs to: genus neotoma, neotoma - packrats
    same as: bushytail woodrat, neotoma cinerea, packrat, trade rat

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