"'rat" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "muskrat"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1949, Ted O'Neil, The Muskrat in the Louisiana Coastal Marshes: A Study of the Ecological, Geological, Biological, Tidal and Climatic Factors Governing the Production and Management of the Muskrat Industry in Louisiana, page 93 to 94:",
          "text": "The 1946-47 catch of 68,656 is approximately 23 'rats per acre over the 3,000 acres of producing marches. The additional sea-rims and ridges were not trapped. To trap this number of 'rats per acre the marshes must carry at least 30 to 35 animals per acre […]. If ignited by lightning or other agencies during dry spells these will suffer damage to 'rat populations.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Shawn Thompson, Soul of the River: Life in the Thousand Islands, GeneralStore PublishingHouse, →ISBN, page 44:",
          "text": "He useta trap otter, mink, mushkrats, and bear, wolves. You just love it. He taught us how to skin 'rats and stuff like that. I was 'bout ten.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Kenny Salwey, J. Scott Bestul, Last River Rat: Kenny Salwey's Life in the Wild, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Part of that muskrat courage is a defense mechanism that comes from being picked on, as muskrats are fodder for virtually every predator going: fox, eagle, hawk, mink—even a snapping turtle will take a young muskrat on occasion, tugging it underwater and drowning it as the female 'rat swims on, unsuspecting. […] Kenny finds a 'rat in each of the next three sets, […]",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Short for muskrat."
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        "(chiefly informal) Short for muskrat."
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  "word": "'rat"
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      "form": "'rats",
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      "expansion": "'rat (plural 'rats)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "muskrat"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949, Ted O'Neil, The Muskrat in the Louisiana Coastal Marshes: A Study of the Ecological, Geological, Biological, Tidal and Climatic Factors Governing the Production and Management of the Muskrat Industry in Louisiana, page 93 to 94:",
          "text": "The 1946-47 catch of 68,656 is approximately 23 'rats per acre over the 3,000 acres of producing marches. The additional sea-rims and ridges were not trapped. To trap this number of 'rats per acre the marshes must carry at least 30 to 35 animals per acre […]. If ignited by lightning or other agencies during dry spells these will suffer damage to 'rat populations.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Shawn Thompson, Soul of the River: Life in the Thousand Islands, GeneralStore PublishingHouse, →ISBN, page 44:",
          "text": "He useta trap otter, mink, mushkrats, and bear, wolves. You just love it. He taught us how to skin 'rats and stuff like that. I was 'bout ten.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Kenny Salwey, J. Scott Bestul, Last River Rat: Kenny Salwey's Life in the Wild, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Part of that muskrat courage is a defense mechanism that comes from being picked on, as muskrats are fodder for virtually every predator going: fox, eagle, hawk, mink—even a snapping turtle will take a young muskrat on occasion, tugging it underwater and drowning it as the female 'rat swims on, unsuspecting. […] Kenny finds a 'rat in each of the next three sets, […]",
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        }
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        "Short for muskrat."
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        "(chiefly informal) Short for muskrat."
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  "word": "'rat"
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