rock rat (English, noun)
expansion: rock rat (plural rock rats)
Senses:
glosses: Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:
Zyzomys, an Australian genus
glosses: Certain members of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, those in:
Aethomys, of Africa
glosses: Petromyscus, a southwestern African genus in the subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae (more frequently referred to as rock mice)
glosses: Aconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile, of the family Octodontidae
glosses: Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats, of the family Petromuridae
glosses: Laonastes, a genus from Laos, of the family Diatomyidae
Forms:
form: rock rats
tags: plural