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Definition of Pack rat
1. Noun. Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others.
2. Noun. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.
Generic synonyms: Wood Rat, Wood-rat
Group relationships: Genus Neotoma, Neotoma
Specialized synonyms: Dusky-footed Woodrat, Neotoma Fuscipes
Definition of Pack rat
1. Noun. Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus ''Neotoma'', that have bushy tails ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A scavenger ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pack Rat
Literary usage of Pack rat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art-literature Readers by Eulalie Osgood Grover, Frances Elizabeth Chutter (1909)
"THE PACK-RAT Away in the mountain region of the West is a little animal called a
... Each Pack-rat's home is in the middle of a vast accumulation of useless ..."
2. ...The American Boys' Handybook of Camp-lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter Beard (1920)
"Then we also have the pack rat, but the pack rat does not carry things with our
... The pack rat comes flippity- flop, hopping over the ground from the old ..."
3. Woodmyth & Fable: Text & Drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton (1905)
"Each Pack-rat's home is in the middle of a vast accumulation of useless odds and
... If a hunters' camp is near by, the Pack-rat often finds opportunity ..."
4. Campfires on Desert and Lava by William Temple Hornaday (1908)
"The jack-rabbit, the cotton-tail, the pack-rat, kangaroo rat, chipmunk and coyote
have ... In view of the distances by which Pack-Rat nests are separated, ..."
5. The Bookman (1908)
"The hills were full of men who came there to search for gold and who had never
heard of or seen a pack rat. It is said that many a bloody tragedy was ..."
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