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/wˈɔtər ræt/ Listen

Water rat

noun

A person who enjoys being in or on the water. Synonym: water dog.

Common large Eurasian vole. Synonyms: Arvicola amphibius, water vole.

Any of various amphibious rats.

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"Water rat" Quotes from Famous Books

... Togi busy in a small cove where a jagged tangle of drift made a mat dating from the last high-water period. She was finishing a hearty breakfast, the remains of a water rat being buried thriftily against future need after the instincts of her kind. When she was done she came to Shann, inquiry plain to read ...

— Storm Over Warlock • Andre Norton

... across such a country as this. Scotland is a fine country, Hume, a grand country, and we are all proud of it, you know, but for campaigning, give me the plains of Germany; while, as for your weather here, it is only fit for a water rat." ...

— The Lion of the North • G.A. Henty

... and saw Baree. He was standing quietly and unleashed, with freedom on all sides of him. Yet he did not run. He was waiting, wet as a water rat, with his eyes fixed on her expectantly. Nepeese made a ...

— Baree, Son of Kazan • James Oliver Curwood

Words linked to "Water rat" : crewman, vole, rodent, Florida water rat, beaver rat, gnawer, field mouse, water dog, genus Arvicola, Arvicola amphibius, sailor, water vole, Arvicola