Noun

field rat (plural field rats)Category:English lemmas#FIELDRATCategory:English nouns#FIELDRATCategory:English countable nouns#FIELDRATCategory:English multiword terms#FIELDRATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FIELDRATCategory:Pages with entries#FIELD%20RATCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FIELD%20RAT

1. A rat of any of several species:

   Hypernyms: rat < murid < muroid < myomorph, myodont < rodent < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creatureCategory:English links with manual fragments#FIELD%20RAT, critterCategory:English links with manual fragments#FIELD%20RAT

   Coordinate terms: wharf rat; field mouse, field vole, meadow vole

   2. Rattus sordidusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rattus%20sordidus (syn. Rattus conatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rattus%20conatus), a burrowing species that forms underground colonies, found in Australia.

      Synonym: dusky field rat

   4. Rattus tunneyiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rattus%20tunneyi, found in a variety of habitats, found in north and eastern Australia.

      Synonym: pale field rat

   6. Rattus nitidusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rattus%20nitidus.

      Synonym: Himalayan field rat

   8. Rattus exulans, found in the Pacific islands and the third most numerous rat species on Earth.

      Synonyms: Polynesian rat, Pacific rat, kiore, Maori rat

   10. Rattus argentiventerCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rattus%20argentiventer, found in the tropics.

       Synonym: ricefield rat

   12. Maxomys suriferCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Maxomys%20surifer (syn. Rattus surifer solarisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rattus%20surifer%20solaris).

       Synonym: red spiny rat

   14. Rattus tiomanicusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rattus%20tiomanicus.

       Synonym: Malayan field rat

References

• “field rat”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• flat ride