What does cotton rat mean?

cotton rat means "destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America".

What is another word for cotton rat?

Close synonyms include Sigmodon hispidus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cotton rat a common word?

cotton rat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Cotton rat — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America
SynonymsSigmodon hispidus
Broaderrodent
Part ofSigmodon

Questions about cotton rat

What does cotton rat mean?: cotton rat means "destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America".
What is another word for cotton rat?: Close synonyms include Sigmodon hispidus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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