cotton rat

noun

Any member of the rodent genus Sigmodon, that build their nests from cotton, and can damage cotton crops, found from the southwestern US to Surinam, Brazil, and Peru.

Similar
Sigmodon hispidus
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Meanings

nouncotton rat (plural cotton rats)

plural cotton rats

  1. Any member of the rodent genus Sigmodon, that build their nests from cotton, and can damage cotton crops, found from the southwestern US to Surinam, Brazil, and Peru.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundestructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America

Similar
Sigmodon hispidus
Broader
rodentgnawer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

cotton rat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cotton%20rat

MLA

“cotton rat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cotton%20rat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cotton rat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cotton%20rat.

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