"black rat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black rats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black rat (plural black rats)
  1. A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide. Wikipedia link: black rat Categories (lifeform): Murids Synonyms (Rattus rattus): Asian black rat, house rat, roof rat, ship rat Translations (Rattus rattus): 屋頂鼠 (Chinese Mandarin), 屋顶鼠 (wūdǐngshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 黑鼠 (hēishǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), zwarte rat [feminine] (Dutch), rott (Estonian), mustarotta (Finnish), rat noir [masculine] (French), μαυροποντικός (mavropontikós) [masculine] (Greek), házi patkány (Hungarian), ratto nero [masculine] (Italian), 애급쥐 (aegeupjwi) (Korean), szczur śniady [masculine] (Polish), șobolan negru [masculine] (Romanian), șobolan de casă [masculine] (Romanian), чёрная кры́са (čórnaja krýsa) [feminine] (Russian), rata de campo [feminine] (Spanish), rata negra [feminine] (Spanish), svartråtta [common-gender] (Swedish), dagang-bahay (Tagalog), kaña gi (Wolof)

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