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packrat
The Collaborative International Dictionary
packrat \packrat\, pack rat \pack rat\n.
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Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America, especially Neotoma cinerea, which hoard food and other objects in their nests.
Syn: trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea.
A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely to be useful. [Informal]
Wiktionary
alt. 1 Any of several species of rodent in the genus (taxlink Neotoma genus noshow=1), but most commonly the bushy-tailed woodrat ((taxlink Neotoma cinerea species noshow=1)). 2 One who tends to acquire various objects; one who collects, accumulates or has trouble throwing things away. n. 1 Any of several species of rodent in the genus (taxlink Neotoma genus noshow=1), but most commonly the bushy-tailed woodrat ((taxlink Neotoma cinerea species noshow=1)). 2 One who tends to acquire various objects; one who collects, accumulates or has trouble throwing things away.
WordNet
n. a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects [syn: pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea]
Usage examples of "packrat".
Why else would the Soviets go to so much trouble, unless the soldiers, probably their top commandoes, were honing their deadly skills on the lives of the Packrats?
Cole had said earlier that the Russians used disguises, even befriended some of the Packrats before slaughtering them.
After all, those kids had spent years surviving in the wilderness of Valley Forge, fighting Hunters and other Packrats, stealing food and guns and whatever else they required.
Cole and many of the other Packrats had come from good homes where they usually had enough food and even enjoyed some luxuries.
The Packrats had lost it all when their parents had been executed or imprisoned by the Communists.
But in others respects, her former gang and the Packrats had a lot in common.
The Packrats, whether it was the Bobcats, the Claws, or any of the other gangs, by contrast had reduced all life to the primitive level of kill-or-be-killed.
With true English wit, Sir Nigel jested that one of these days he would wake up as a packrat, or some other such acquisitive vermin.