A short-tailed rat found in grassland and scrub from North America to Guyana.
棉鼠
Genus Sigmodon, family Muridae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
I tried not to be envious, but I couldn't help telling him about how I had a cotton rat once and a jaybird for a little while.
Additionally, the cotton rat and rice rat are the rodent vectors in the southeastern United States for the Black Creek Canal and Bayou viruses, respectively.
Some rodents, especially the deer mouse, rice rat, white-footed mouse and cotton rat, may carry hantaviruses.
Among the visitors were a ground squirrel, cotton rats, cardinals, and a trio of green jays.
Definition of cotton rat in US English:
cotton rat
noun
A short-tailed rat found in grassland and scrub from North America to Guyana.
棉鼠
Genus Sigmodon, family Muridae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
Additionally, the cotton rat and rice rat are the rodent vectors in the southeastern United States for the Black Creek Canal and Bayou viruses, respectively.
I tried not to be envious, but I couldn't help telling him about how I had a cotton rat once and a jaybird for a little while.
Some rodents, especially the deer mouse, rice rat, white-footed mouse and cotton rat, may carry hantaviruses.
Among the visitors were a ground squirrel, cotton rats, cardinals, and a trio of green jays.