ratborne

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adjective

Carried or transmitted by rats.

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Meanings

adjectiveratborne (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCarried or transmitted by rats.

    And your Caribbeans with their spliffs and their potbelly toddlers and their like daily barbecues and ratborne hanta viruses and sugary drinks with pig blood at the bottom? Slam the cell door, eat the key.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From rat + -borne.

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APA

ratborne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratborne

MLA

“ratborne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratborne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ratborne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratborne.

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