Meanings
plural pack rats · alternative packrat · alternative pack-rat
- Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.
Synonyms: woodrat
- derogatoryinformalOne who collects or hoards, especially unnecessary objects.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who collects things that have been discarded by others
nounany of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 林鼠
- 林鼠 (línshǔ)rodent
Finnish kauppiasrotta, hamsteri
- kauppiasrottarodent
- hamsteriperson
French néotoma
- néotomarodent
German Amerikanische Buschratte
- Amerikanische Buschratterodent
Korean 숲쥐
- 숲쥐 (supjwi)rodent
Polish nowik, graciarz
- nowikrodent
- graciarzperson
Russian лесно́й хомя́к, скопидо́м
- лесно́й хомя́к (lesnój xomják)rodent
- скопидо́м (skopidóm)person
Cite this entry
pack rat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20rat
“pack rat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20rat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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