Water-rat definitions

A petty thief or ruffian who frequents waterfronts.
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Any of various semiaquatic rodents, especially Neofiber alleni of Florida and southern Georgia, that resemble the muskrat but are smaller and have a round tail.
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Any of various rodents that live on the banks of streams and ponds.
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(US) Any of various rodents from Florida and southern Georgia, especially Neofiber alleni; the muskrat.
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(Australia) The rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster.
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(informal) The European water vole, Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris.
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(US, slang) A petty thief or waterfront ruffian.
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(slang) A person fond of water sports.
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(slang, Australia) A member of the water police.
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Sentence Examples

  • Aquatic in habits, this animal is related to the English water-rat and therefore included in the sub-family Microtinae (see Vole).

  • In the water-rat and agoutis it is.

  • All rodents, with the sole exception of the dormice, have a caecum, often of great length and sacculated,, as in hares, the water-rat and porcupines; and the long colon in some, as the hamster and water-rat, is spirally twisted upon itself near the commencement.

  • A third type, Prometheomys, from the Caucasus, is represented by a species of the size of a small water-rat, chestnut-brown in colour, with lighter feet, and the minute eyes covered with skin.

  • Voles, as typified by the water-rat and the tailed fieldmouse, are stouter built and shorter-nosed rodentsthan the typical rats and mice, with smaller ears and eyes and shorter tails; all being good burrowers.

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