Synonyms for Wood Rat (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (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)):
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