Meanings
nounMaclear's rat (plural Maclear's rats)
plural Maclear's rats
- obsoleteRattus macleari, a species of brown rat once endemic to Christmas Island, now extinct.
Origin
Named after Captain John Maclear (1838–1907) of the British survey-ship HMS Flying-fish, who collected the specimen from Christmas Island in 1886.
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Maclear's rat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maclear's%20rat
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