Found 2 items, similar to packrat.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: packrat
packrat
n 1: a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
2: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of
western North America; hoards food and other objects [syn:
pack rat,
trade rat,
bushytail woodrat,
Neotoma cinerea
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: packrat
packrat
\packrat\, pack rat
\pack rat\n.
1. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus
Neotoma
of western North America, especially
Neotoma cinerea,
which hoard food and other objects in their nests.
Syn: trade rat, bushytail woodrat,
Neotoma cinerea.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely
to be useful. [Informal]
[PJC]