"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
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  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: 8 31 8 22 30 Disambiguation of Rodents: 10 31 10 21 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 31 7 26 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 46 5 19 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 30 6 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 29 6 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 31 5 25 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 39 5 21 29
  3. One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts:
    A Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) from Africa
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-0m2E7egp
  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, Rodents Translations (jerboa): aavikkorotta (Finnish), aavikkojerbo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-0EZsPcei Disambiguation of Murids: 8 31 8 22 30 Disambiguation of Rodents: 10 31 10 21 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 31 7 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 30 6 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 29 6 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 31 5 25 33 Disambiguation of 'jerboa': 18 0 0 82 0
  5. A British or Australian soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941-42. Categories (lifeform): Murids, Rodents Translations (British or Australian soldier of 7th Armoured Division): aavikkorotta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-desert_rat-en-noun-lr-HbbI- Disambiguation of Murids: 8 31 8 22 30 Disambiguation of Rodents: 10 31 10 21 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 31 7 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 30 6 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 29 6 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 31 5 25 33 Disambiguation of 'British or Australian soldier of 7th Armoured Division': 1 7 1 5 85
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': 23 23 23 23 7

Inflected forms

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