English Explanatory Dictionary

Maclear's rat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Rattus macleari, a species of brown rat once endemic to Christmas Island, now extinct.

Word forms

Maclear's rat Maclear's rats

Etymology

Named after Captain John Maclear (1838–1907) of the British survey-ship HMS Flying-fish, who collected the specimen from Christmas Island in 1886.

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