English Explanatory Dictionary

Norwegian rat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The brown rat.

Word forms

Norwegian rat Norwegian rats

Etymology

The common name was popularised (and perhaps coined) by English naturalist John Berkenhout, in his Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain (1769). Berkenhout believed the species migrated to England from Norwegian ships in 1728; he is also responsible for the scientific name.

Synonyms

Norway rat sewer rat
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