rice rat

1. 1.

   hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States

   SynonymsOryzomys palustris

   Broaderrat

   Part ofOryzomys

Questions about rice rat

What does rice rat mean?

rice rat means "hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States".

What is another word for rice rat?

Close synonyms include Oryzomys palustris. 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 rice rat a common word?

rice rat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.