pack rat
English Thesaurus
1. any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects (noun.animal)
| hyponym | : | dusky-footed woodrat, neotoma fuscipes, |
| definition | : | host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus neotoma, neotoma, |
| definition | : | packrats (noun.animal) |
2. someone who collects things that have been discarded by others (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | hoarder, |
| definition | : | a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use (noun.person) |
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