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Pack rat   /pæk ræt/   Listen
noun
pack rat, packrat  n.  
1.
Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America, especially Neotoma cinerea, which hoard food and other objects in their nests.
Synonyms: trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea.
2.
A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely to be useful. (Informal)





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"Pack rat" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pack Rat, or Trading Rat. Although I have met this wonderful creature (Neotoma) in various places on its native soil, I will quote from another and perfectly reliable observer a sample narrative of its startling mental traits. At Oak Lodge, east coast of Florida, we lived for a time in the home ...
— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday
... told him, "you can't stay here. You'd starve to death like that poor devil that some prospectors found in that gulch yonder—turned to dusty bones, with a pack rat's nest in his chest and a rock under his head. You'd just ...
— Roughing it De Luxe • Irvin S. Cobb


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