"Lewis rat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Lewis rats [plural]
Etymology: Bred by Margaret Lewis from Wistar stock in the early 1950s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Lewis rat (plural Lewis rats)
  1. A kind of albino rat used in medical research, exhibiting docile behavior and low fertility, and suffering from high incidences of neoplasms and other pathology. Categories (lifeform): Murids

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