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hanoverian rat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
hanove-ri-an rat
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.

Etymology

The name was introduced by English naturalist Charles Waterton, a devout Catholic, as a slur on Protestant Hanoverians whose British rule began in 1714, shortly before the species first appeared in Britain.

Inflected Forms

Hanoverian rats (plural)

Questions

What does hanoverian rat mean?
The brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.
Where does hanoverian rat come from?
The name was introduced by English naturalist Charles Waterton, a devout Catholic, as a slur on Protestant Hanoverians whose British rule began in 1714, shortly before the species first appeared in Britain.

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