roof rat

Meanings

nounroof rat (plural roof rats)

The black rat.
A large roof rat ran from the overflowing bins and disappeared under the house.
2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 308

nouncommon household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide

Similar

black ratRattus rattus

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