Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.
1The show's gist was this: H. hadalis was a man-sized packrat.
2Being a packrat, I still have the stuff I collected.
3She'd been a bit of a packrat.
4The only light came from the window shade we'd just broken, its puny glow revealing the edge of a packrat's paradise.
5Josh had put everything in the corner, organizing the tools, large and small cans with the single-minded concentration of a packrat.
6Also a doodler, a book lover, and a bit of a packrat, at least when it came to sun-hats and baseball caps.
7The family were obviously packrats.