English Explanatory Dictionary

Alexandrine rat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A certain color morph of the black rat, once regarded as a distinct subspecies.

Word forms

Alexandrine rat Alexandrine rats

Etymology

From its original habitat; a calque of New Latin rattus alexandrīnus.

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