wood-rat

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wood-rat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wood-rat
      n 1: any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern
           hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with
           furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes
           pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) [syn:
           wood rat, wood-rat]