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Pack rat   /pæk ræt/   Listen
noun
pack rat, packrat  n.  
1.
Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America, especially Neotoma cinerea, which hoard food and other objects in their nests.
Synonyms: trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea.
2.
A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely to be useful. (Informal)





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"Pack rat" Quotes from Famous Books



... told him, "you can't stay here. You'd starve to death like that poor devil that some prospectors found in that gulch yonder—turned to dusty bones, with a pack rat's nest in his chest and a rock under his head. You'd just ...
— Roughing it De Luxe • Irvin S. Cobb
... Pack Rat, or Trading Rat. Although I have met this wonderful creature (Neotoma) in various places on its native soil, I will quote from another and perfectly reliable observer a sample narrative of its startling mental traits. At Oak Lodge, east coast of Florida, we lived for a time in the home ...
— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday


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