Hanoverian rat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The name was introduced by English naturalist Charles Waterton, a devout Catholic, as a slur on Protestant Hanoverians whose British rule began in 1714, shortly before the species first appeared in Britain.
Noun[edit]
Hanoverian rat (plural Hanoverian rats)
- The brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.