pack rat
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Tweet n. 1. Any of various small rodents of the genus Neotoma of North and Central America that collect in or around their nests a great variety of small objects. Also called trade rat, woodrat. 2. Western US A petty thief. 3. Informal A collector or accumulator of miscellaneous objects. |
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