rat flood

noun

A large invasion of black rats caused by the flowering of the bamboo Melocanna baccifera every 48 years in parts of India.

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Meanings

nounrat flood (plural rat floods)

plural rat floods

  1. IndiaA large invasion of black rats caused by the flowering of the bamboo Melocanna baccifera every 48 years in parts of India.
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