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Meanings of
brown rat
in inglês
português
rato-marrom
Back to the meaning
The common rat, Rattus norvegicus, often used as an experimental organism.
norway rat
norwegian rat
wharf rat
Rattus norvegicus
português
rato-marrom
Usage of
brown rat
in inglês
1
At first I regarded him as merely an ordinary intrusive
brown
rat
.
2
Appearances were undoubtedly against the
brown
rat
,
but it knew something of tactics.
3
As he crept beneath it, he heard the
brown
rat
scream.
4
The trek was headed by an old
brown
rat
.
5
If so, you don't know the cruel devil of perseverance that is the
brown
rat
.
6
A
brown
rat
stepped out into the light.
7
The barn owl's favourite prey is, he tells us, the
brown
rat
and the wood mouse.
8
It was supposed by Pallas that the
brown
rat
crossed over into Russia about the year 1727.
9
As he sat back, the curves softened, and, as far as
brown
rat
could be, he was imposing.
10
He is a
brown
rat
.
11
Last year the first victim of climate change was the Bramble Cay melomys known as the little
brown
rat
.
12
I have no doubt that this also is the case with the
brown
rat
,
and aids in keeping down its numbers.
13
At a sudden shrieking I whirled: half a dozen wailing cats hurled themselves about my feet and fled after a
brown
rat
.
14
The
brown
rat
of India is identical with that of Europe, most naturalists being now agreed that it originally came from the East.
15
The black rats dashed into the hole like flickering streaks, but the
brown
rat
had instantly spun upon himself, and was after them.
16
Firstly, the
brown
rat
,
having hidden up in some black corner, with brown-rat cunning, came hopping out instantly-nay ,charging- ontheblackrat's trail.
Other examples for "brown rat"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
brown
rat
brown
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
brown rat
português
rato-marrom
ratazana
rato marrom
Brown rat
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common