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crab-eating rat

noun

Etymology

crab + eating + rat

  1. derived from *Hreh₃d-✻ — “to scrape, scratch, gnaw”
  2. inherited from *rattaz✻
  3. inherited from *ratt✻
  4. inherited from rætt
  5. inherited from ratte
  6. formed as crab-eating rat — “crab + eating + rat”

Definitions

  1. Ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America.

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