rat
has definitions from the fields of zoology,work
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[ noun ] (zoology) any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)Verloop ( ' 48 ; ' 49 ) found these shunts in the human_being but was unable to find them in rats . Ellis , Grindlay and Edwards ( ' 52 ) also were unable to find them in rats . (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)There is some reason to think that thyroglobulin synthesis may proceed independently of iodination , for in certain transplantable tumours of the rat thyroid containing essentially no iodinated thyroglobulin , a protein that appears to be thyroglobulin has been observed in ultracentrifuge experiments ( Wolff , Robbins and Rall , 1959 ) . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)But even in relatively primitive laboratory animals such_as the rat , sex_activity closely identified with the hypothalamus and the visceral_brain is enhanced by the neocortex . Related terms rodent black_rat brown_rat bandicoot_rat jerboa_rat rice_rat pocket_rat |
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[ noun ] (work) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
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[ verb ] catch rats, esp. with dogs
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[ verb ] give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
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[ noun ] a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
Examples "only a rotter would do that" "kill the rat" "throw the bum out" "you cowardly little pukes!" "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" Related terms |
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