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nounany of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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wood-ratwoodrat
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wood rat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20rat
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“wood rat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20rat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wood rat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20rat.
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