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