Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rock rat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: rock- rat
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:

noun

Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:

noun

Petromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae (more frequently referred to as rock mice)

noun

Aconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile, of the family Octodontidae

noun

Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats, of the family Petromuridae

noun

Laonastes, a genus from Laos, of the family Diatomyidae

Inflected Forms

rock rats (plural)

Phrases

Laotian rock rat Namaqua rock rat

Synonyms

bush rat rock mouse

Questions

What does rock rat mean?: Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:

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