Usually means: Aquatic rodent, often near rivers.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. water rat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. water rat: Merriam-Webster
  3. water rat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. water rat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. water rat: Collins English Dictionary
  6. water rat: Vocabulary.com
  7. water-rat, water rat: Wordnik
  8. water rat: Wiktionary
  9. water rat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. water rat: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. water rat: Dictionary.com
  12. Water rat (disambiguation), Water rat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Water rat: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. water rat: Rhymezone
  15. Water rat: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. water-rat: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. water rat: FreeDictionary.org
  18. water rat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. water rat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. water rat: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. water rat: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. water rat: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (water rat)

noun:  (US) Any of various aquatic or semi-aquatic rodents from Florida and southern Georgia, especially Neofiber alleni; the muskrat.
noun:  (Australia) A water mouse, especially, the rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster.
noun:  (informal) A European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris).
noun:  (US, slang) A petty thief or waterfront ruffian.
noun:  (slang) A person fond of water sports.
noun:  (slang, Australia) A member of the water police.

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