pack rat

noun

Etymology

From pack + 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. compounded as pack rat — “pack + rat

Definitions

  1. Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.

  2. One who collects or hoards, especially unnecessary objects.

The neighborhood

Derived

packrat

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pack rat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA