pack rat
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- any of a genus (Neotoma) of North American rats that often carry off and hide small articles in their nests
- Informal a person who habitually saves unneeded, miscellaneous items
See pack rat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- Any of various small North American rodents of the genus Neotoma that collect in or around their nests a great variety of small objects. Also called trade rat, wood rat.
- Western U.S. A petty thief.
- Informal A collector or accumulator of miscellaneous objects.
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