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desert rat
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Wikipedia
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Desert Rat or desert rat or its plural may refer to: The Desert Rats, nickname for the British 7th Armoured Division and also the British 8th Army The Desert Rats , 1953 war film starring Richard Burton A common name for various groups of rodents: Gerbils ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One of various mouselike rodents species inhabiting deserts: 2 # A gerbil (''(taxlink Gerbillinae family)'') of the deserts of Africa and Asia 3 # A kangaroo rat (''Dipodomys'') from North America 4 # A Natal multimammate mouse ((taxlink Mastomys natalensis ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae [syn: kangaroo rat , Dipodomys phillipsii ]
Usage examples of desert rat.
Flickinger seemed to be telling him that Project Mercury just wasn't suited for the righteous brethren of yore, the veterans of those high desert rat-shack broomstick days when there were no chiefs and no Indians and the pilot huddled in the hangar with the engineer and then went out and took the beast up and lit the candle and reached for the stars and rode his chimney and landed it on the lake bed and made it to Pancho's in time for beer call.
Pitt and Giordino looked at each other blankly, and then back at the old desert rat, certain their eyes and their minds had run amuck.
If by any chance Tommy's three friends from Santa Bonita, Roy, Spud and Doc, happened to be on that road hunting for K6ATX, the old desert rat would be able to tell them where he was.