Wood-rat

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wood-rat
       n : any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern
           hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below
           with well-furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for
           Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease
           ticks) [syn: {wood rat}]