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Noun: rice rat  rIs rat
  1. Hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
    "Rice rats swim expertly through flooded fields";
    - Oryzomys palustris

Derived forms: rice rats

Type of: rat

Part of: genus Oryzomys, Oryzomys

Encyclopedia: Rice rat