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Water rat   Listen
noun
Water rat  n.  
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
The water vole. See under Vole.
(b)
The muskrat.
(c)
The beaver rat. See under Beaver.
2.
A thief on the water; a pirate.






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"Water rat" Quotes from Famous Books



... he said. "I was home from Camp Dix on a short leave and was on my way to see the old gent and the rest of the folks, when who should I run plunk into but that old water rat. It was five o'clock in the morning, and I was just taking a hop, skip and a jump off the train. 'Come on down the bay fishing,' he says. 'What, in these togs?' I told him. 'I'll get 'em all greased up and what'll Uncle Sam say?' 'Go home and get some old ones,' he ...
— Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp • Percy Keese Fitzhugh



Words linked to "Water rat" :   genus Arvicola, beaver rat, crewman, water vole, field mouse, Arvicola amphibius



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