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Meaning of bush rat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of various rat-sized rodents and marsupials, especially local species of Rattus.
    Australia
  2. The rodent, Rattus fuscipes, of coastal eastern and southern Australia.

Examples

“The noise ceased the moment I crawled into the attic, but something was rotten in the roof, and a putrid smell and pyramids of chewed cardboard suggested that possums or bush rats had nested in boxes stacked with the previous owner's red and yellow moodscapes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bush regen bush regeneration bush rose bush rum bush salute bush shrike

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