Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sand rat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: sand rat
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the rodents in the genus Psammomys, related to gerbils.

noun

A geomyoid rodent, especially the camass rat (Thomomys bulbivorus).

Inflected Forms

sand rats (plural)

Phrases

fat sand rat lesser sand rat pale sand rat thin sand rat

Synonyms

meriones longifrons

Questions

What does sand rat mean?: Any of the rodents in the genus Psammomys, related to gerbils.

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