Alexandrine rat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From its original habitat; a calque of New Latin rattus alexandrīnus.[1]

Noun[edit]

Alexandrine rat (plural Alexandrine rats)

  1. A certain color morph of the black rat, once regarded as a distinct subspecies.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Alexandrine rat”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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