PACKRAT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America
   • hoards food and other objects
   Synonym(s)
   • bushytail woodrat (what does bushytail woodrat mean?)
   • Neotoma cinerea (what does Neotoma cinerea mean?)
   • pack rat (what does pack rat mean?)
   • trade rat (what does trade rat mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) packrat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wood rat (what does wood rat mean?)
   • wood-rat (what does wood-rat mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dusky-footed woodrat (what does dusky-footed woodrat mean?)
   • Neotoma fuscipes (what does Neotoma fuscipes mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
   Hypernyms(s) packrat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • collector (what does collector mean?)
   • gatherer (what does gatherer mean?)
   • accumulator (what does accumulator mean?)