Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bush rat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
bush rat
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various rat-sized rodents and marsupials, especially local species of Rattus.

Australian usage

noun

The rodent, Rattus fuscipes, of coastal eastern and southern Australia.

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Inflected Forms

bush rats (plural)

Questions

What does bush rat mean?
Any of various rat-sized rodents and marsupials, especially local species of Rattus.

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