marsupial rat

1. 1.

   any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats

   Synonymspouched mousemarsupial mouse

   Broaderdasyurid marsupial

   Part ofPhascogale

Questions about marsupial rat

What does marsupial rat mean?

marsupial rat means "any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats".

What is another word for marsupial rat?

Close synonyms include pouched mouse, marsupial mouse. 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 marsupial rat a common word?

marsupial 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.