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packrat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun packrat has 2 senses
- packrat(n = noun.person) Array - a collector of miscellaneous useless objects; Array is a kind of aggregator, collector
- packrat(n = noun.animal) bushytail woodrat, neotoma cinerea, pack rat, trade rat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects; Array is a kind of wood rat, wood-rat
is a member of genus neotoma, neotoma
has particulars: dusky-footed woodrat, neotoma fuscipes
CIDE DICTIONARY
packrat, n.
- Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus
Neotoma of western North America, especiallyNeotoma cinerea , which hoard food and other objects in their nests. [WordNet 1.5] - A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely to be useful. [PJC]
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