packrat

2 definitions found

packrat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  packrat \packrat\, pack rat \pack rat\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.
  
     Syn: trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely
        to be useful. [Informal]
        [PJC]

packrat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  packrat
      n 1: a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
      2: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of
         western North America; hoards food and other objects [syn:
         packrat, pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat,
         Neotoma cinerea]