wood-rat (Noun) — Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks).
wood-rat (Noun) — Large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States.
wood-rat (Noun) — Host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California.
wood-rat (Noun) — Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.