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Definition of Sewer rat
1. Noun. Brown rat commonly found in sewers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewer Rat
Literary usage of Sewer rat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diagnostics and Treatment of Tropical Diseases by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1917)
"It has been estimated that a sewer rat can jump 2 feet but not 3 feet. In rat
proofing houses, ... Cats will very rarely attack the fierce sewer rat. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1857)
"A good-sized sewer-rat has been known to daunt for a moment.the most courageous
... The bite of any rat is severe, and that of a sewer-rat so highly ..."
3. Friends' Intelligencer by Friends Intelligencer Association (1858)
"A good-sized sewer-rat has been known to daunt fora moment the most! courageous bull
... The bite of any rat is severe, and ihat of a sewer-rat so highly ..."
4. Studies in the Bacteriology & Etiology of Oriental Plague by Edward Klein (1906)
"Another reason which enables us to dispense with the sewer rat for ... The common
sewer rat seems to compare as regards susceptibility with the Norway rat. ..."
5. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"The ocular bristle runs above and in front of the eye; that of P. irritans below.
It is principally the flea of Mus decumanus (M. norvegicus), the sewer rat ..."
6. The Diagnostics and Treatment of Tropical Diseases by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1917)
"It has been estimated that a sewer rat can jump 2 feet but not 3 feet. In rat
proofing houses, ... Cats will very rarely attack the fierce sewer rat. ..."
7. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1857)
"A good-sized sewer-rat has been known to daunt for a moment.the most courageous
... The bite of any rat is severe, and that of a sewer-rat so highly ..."
8. Friends' Intelligencer by Friends Intelligencer Association (1858)
"A good-sized sewer-rat has been known to daunt fora moment the most! courageous bull
... The bite of any rat is severe, and ihat of a sewer-rat so highly ..."
9. Studies in the Bacteriology & Etiology of Oriental Plague by Edward Klein (1906)
"Another reason which enables us to dispense with the sewer rat for ... The common
sewer rat seems to compare as regards susceptibility with the Norway rat. ..."
10. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"The ocular bristle runs above and in front of the eye; that of P. irritans below.
It is principally the flea of Mus decumanus (M. norvegicus), the sewer rat ..."
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