pack-rat

A form of pack rat — Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpack-rat (plural pack-rats)

plural pack-rats

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pack rat.
Cite this entry
APA

pack-rat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-rat

MLA

“pack-rat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-rat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pack-rat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-rat.

Source: pack-rat on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.