wood rat

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. See pack rat.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Any species of Neotoma, including large woodland rats of the United States, etc., of the family Nuridæ, subfamily Murinæ, and section Sigmodontes, such as the Florida wood-rat, N. floridana; the Rocky Mountain wood-rat, N. cinerea; the California wood-rat, N. fuscipes; the Texas wood-rat, N. micropus; the ferrugineous wood-rat of Mexico and Central America, N. ferruginea. See pack-rat (under rat), and cut under Neotoma.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) any American rat of the genus Neotoma, especially Neotoma Floridana, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.
2. n. (Zoöl.) any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
2. n. any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)