Associations to the word «Rattus»

Wiktionary

RATTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Muridae   — the rats, including about 50 species.
RATTUS NORVEGICUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Muridae   — the brown rat.
RATTUS RATTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Muridae   — the black rat, of tropical Asian origin, of nearly worldwide distribution.

Dictionary definition

RATTUS, noun. Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats