pack rat
1. any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects • Syn: packrat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea • Hypernyms: wood rat, wood-rat • Hyponyms: dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes • Member Holonyms: Neotoma, genus Neotoma 2. someone who collects things that have been discarded by others • Syn: magpie, scavenger • Derivationally related forms: scavenge (for: scavenger) • Hypernyms: hoarder
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