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2024
Rattus_norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus
Translingual
Proper noun
Rattus
norvegicus
m
A taxonomic
species
within the
family
Muridae
– the
brown rat
.
Hypernyms
(
species
)
:
Muridae
- family;
Murinae
- subfamily;
Rattus
- genus
See also
List of sequenced animal genomes
on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
Etymology
New Latin
rattus
(
“
rat
”
)
+
norvegicus
(
“
Norwegian
”
)
.
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