"desert rat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: desert rats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} desert rat (plural desert rats)
  1. One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
    A gerbil (subfamily Gerbillinae) of the deserts of Africa and Asia
    Categories (lifeform): Murids
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-uIUbm~ix Disambiguation of Murids: 11 31 11 21 26
  2. One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
    A kangaroo rat (genus Dipodomys) from North America
    Categories (lifeform): Murids, Rodents
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-EOkzgfZn Disambiguation of Murids: 11 31 11 21 26 Disambiguation of Rodents: 13 30 13 20 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 31 7 26 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 45 4 22 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 36 6 21 30
  3. One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
    A Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) from Africa
    Categories (lifeform): Murids
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-0m2E7egp Disambiguation of Murids: 11 31 11 21 26
  4. One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
    A jerboa, including those of species Jaculus orientalis and Jaculus jaculus (lesser Egyptian jerboa), which inhabit the desert regions of North Africa.
    Categories (lifeform): Murids Translations (jerboa): aavikkorotta (Finnish), aavikkojerbo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-0EZsPcei Disambiguation of Murids: 11 31 11 21 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 31 7 26 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 36 6 21 30 Disambiguation of 'jerboa': 11 25 4 46 15
  5. A British or Australian soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42. Categories (lifeform): Murids Translations (British or Australian soldier of 7th Armoured Division): aavikkorotta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-lr-HbbI- Disambiguation of Murids: 11 31 11 21 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 31 7 26 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 36 6 21 30 Disambiguation of 'British or Australian soldier of 7th Armoured Division': 2 9 2 8 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (one of various mouselike desert dwellers): gundi [masculine] (Italian), ratto del deserto [masculine] (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'one of various mouselike desert dwellers': 24 24 24 24 6

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