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Definition of Norway rat
1. Noun. Common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide.
Generic synonyms: Rat
Group relationships: Genus Rattus, Rattus
Specialized synonyms: Wharf Rat, Sewer Rat
Definition of Norway rat
1. Noun. An alternative term for the brown rat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Norway Rat
Literary usage of Norway rat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"Brown or Norway rat, 1 o (ill.). Black, 2 bo (ill.). Roof or white- bellied, 212,
l a. Giant rat of Bengal, l ab. ..."
2. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1875)
"But the Norway rat soon put a stop to their increase ; as these animals were of
an amphibious nature, they pursued the frog to its lakes, and took it even ..."
3. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1883)
"What has happened in England has happened elsewhere, viz. the Norway rat has
destroyed the aboriginal rat of the country. A gentleman whose family had ..."
4. Evolution and the War by Peter Chalmers Mitchell (1915)
"It is rather smaller and not so heavy as the Norway rat and can be ... Mus rattus
is a better climber than the Norway rat and is the typical barn and ..."
5. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"The black rat, a much less aggressive and less troublesome animal, was brought
to America long before the Norway rat, but upon the introduction of the ..."
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