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Definition of Black rat

1. Noun. Common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide.

Definition of Black rat

1. Noun. A common species of rat, ''Rattus rattus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Rat

Literary usage of Black rat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"black rat Mus rattus Linnaeus Description. More slender, with more pointed head, larger ears, and tail always as long or longer than the head and body. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"Both the brown and black rat may ... S. 1903, np 72); the black rat differs from the brown in the absence of yellow pigment. f ..."

3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The black rat and the roof rat differ from each other mostly in color, and some zoologists regard them as races of the same species. ..."

4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"Although the statements by the different writers as to the appearance of the black rat in Europe do not quite agree, yet it is clear that the arrival of the ..."

5. Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and by International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Intercourse and Education (1915)
"The black rat is semi-domesticated, does not fear man, and hence has constant access to him ... The black rat is responsible for the great European plagues. ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"In 1845 I saw and noted as many as seventeen specimens, living and dead, of the black rat (Mus rattus), that had been taken in those old houses; ..."

7. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"black rat Mus rattus Linnaeus Description. More slender, with more pointed head, larger ears, and tail always as long or longer than the head and body. ..."

8. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"Both the brown and black rat may ... S. 1903, np 72); the black rat differs from the brown in the absence of yellow pigment. f ..."

9. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The black rat and the roof rat differ from each other mostly in color, and some zoologists regard them as races of the same species. ..."

10. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"Although the statements by the different writers as to the appearance of the black rat in Europe do not quite agree, yet it is clear that the arrival of the ..."

11. Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and by International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Intercourse and Education (1915)
"The black rat is semi-domesticated, does not fear man, and hence has constant access to him ... The black rat is responsible for the great European plagues. ..."

12. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"In 1845 I saw and noted as many as seventeen specimens, living and dead, of the black rat (Mus rattus), that had been taken in those old houses; ..."

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