norway rat

Questions about norway rat

What does norway rat mean?

norway rat means "common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide".

What is another word for norway rat?

Close synonyms include brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. 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 norway rat a common word?

norway 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for norway rat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.