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Noun: dusky-footed woodrat
  1. A woodrat native to western North America, characterized by dark feet and a long, bicoloured tail; known to be a reservoir for Lyme disease bacteria
    "Researchers studied the dusky-footed woodrat's role in spreading Lyme disease";
    - Neotoma fuscipes
Noun: dusky-footed wood rat
  1. A wood rat with dusky feet
    "The dusky-footed wood rat left distinctive tracks in the mud"

Derived forms: dusky-footed wood rats

Type of: bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, pack rat, trade rat [N. Amer], wood rat, woodrat

Part of: genus Neotoma, Neotoma

Encyclopedia: Dusky-footed woodrat

Dusky-footed wood rat