| 词汇 | desert rat |
| 词源 | desert rat. Neotoma desertorum, a rat found in desert areas and often called the desert brush rat. It is one of many animals and plants named for the deserts where they are found, includ- ing the desert ant, desert gray fox, desert oak and desert willow. A desert rat is also a person, often a hermit-like prospector, who has lived in the desert for many years. |
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