"sewer rat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sewer rats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sewer rat (plural sewer rats)
  1. The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). Categories (lifeform): Murids Synonyms: Norway rat, Norwegian rat
    Sense id: en-sewer_rat-en-noun-rGzXl0Vc Disambiguation of Murids: 61 15 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: 59 15 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 14 26
  2. (derogatory) A base and contemptible person. Tags: derogatory Translations (a base and contemptible person): ketku (Finnish), rotta (Finnish), moukka (Finnish), Kanalratte (German), skurczybyk [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sewer_rat-en-noun-DjWvLYG1 Disambiguation of 'a base and contemptible person': 4 95 1
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Any rat that lives in sewers. Translations (any rat that lives in sewers): rioolrat [feminine] (Dutch), viemärirotta (Finnish), rat d’égout [masculine] (French), Kanalratte (German), szczur kanałowy [masculine] (Polish), kloakråtta [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sewer_rat-en-noun-Tfn07igQ Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename Disambiguation of 'any rat that lives in sewers': 25 3 72

Inflected forms

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