genus rattus

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   common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge

   SynonymsRattus

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofMuridae

Questions about genus rattus

What does genus rattus mean?

genus rattus means "common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge".

What is another word for genus rattus?

Close synonyms include Rattus. 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 genus rattus a common word?

genus rattus 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.