"sewer rat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sewer rat.wav 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
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  2. (derogatory) A contemptible person. Tags: derogatory Translations (a contemptible person): ketku (Finnish), rotta (Finnish), moukka (Finnish), Kanalratte (German), skurczybyk [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sewer_rat-en-noun-ojqcM~SG Disambiguation of 'a contemptible person': 0 100 0
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Any rat that lives in sewers. Categories (lifeform): Murids 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 Disambiguation of Murids: 52 2 46 Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 5 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 3 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 2 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 2 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 44 4 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 4 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 3 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 4 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 44 4 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 3 49 Disambiguation of 'any rat that lives in sewers': 16 0 84

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