Definition of Rattus

1. Noun. Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge.

Exact synonyms: Genus Rattus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Muridae, Muridae
Member holonyms: Brown Rat, Norway Rat, Rattus Norvegicus, Black Rat, Rattus Rattus, Roof Rat

Medical Definition of Rattus

1. The rats, a genus of rodents, family Muridae. Rattus rattus, the black r., is the species most commonly responsible for transmitting plague to man by means of its flea, Xenopsylla cheopis; it is smaller and darker in colour than the Norwegian, sewer, or brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and has longer ears and tail. See: rat. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattus

Rastas
Rastelli's operation
Rastus
Rathke's bundles
Rathke's cleft cyst
Rathke's diverticulum
Rathke's pouch
Rathke's pouch tumour
Rathnupur
Ratibida
Ratibida columnaris
Ratibida columnifera
Ratibida tagetes
Ratner
Rattigan
Rattus (current term)
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus rattus
Rau's process
Rau-Sed
Rauber
Rauber's layer
Raudixin
Raul
Rauma
Rauscher
Rauscher's virus
Rauscher leukaemia virus
Raussly disease
Rauwolfia serpentina

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