dark gray;  dark grey;  slate (color, colour)
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
 dark gray;  dark grey;  slate (color, colour)
 brown rat (Rattus norvegicus);  common rat;  dark grey (colour, color);  dark gray;  secret evil-doer
 geometric progression;  proliferation;  multiplying like rats
 hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
 Catherine wheel (firework);  pinwheel
 geometric progression;  proliferation;  multiplying like rats
 mousetrap;  rattrap;  rat poison;  speed trap
 field mouse;  meadow mouse
 soaked to the skin;  like a drowned rat
 hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
 Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
 mousetrap;  rattrap;  rat poison;  speed trap
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
 harvest mouse (Mus minutus)
 indigo-tinged grey (gray)
 guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)
 Chinese fancy mouse (usu. all-white with red eyes)
 person who steals money from the workplace;  embezzler;  untrustworthy person
 Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)
 white-toothed shrew (any rodent of genus Crocidura);  shrew
 house mouse (Mus musculus)
 Catherine wheel (firework);  pinwheel
 field mouse;  meadow mouse
 black rat (Rattus rattus);  roof rat
 rat guard;  disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.
 much ado about nothing;  The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
 much ado about nothing;  The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
 Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus);  Mongolian jird
 Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
 harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena);  harbour porpoise;  common porpoise
 person who steals money from the workplace;  embezzler;  untrustworthy person
 Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli);  any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)
 black rat;  roof rat;  field mouse
 Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
 small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus)
 greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica)
 Myomorpha (suborder of rodents)
 grey tinged with brown (gray)
 white rat;  white rat that serves Daikoku (god of wealth)
 African mole rat (any rodent of family Bathyergidae)
 large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
 Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)
 Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
 Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni);  red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)
 kangaroo rat (of North America; any rodent of genus Dipodomys)
 rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)
 lesser Egyptian gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus)
 rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster);  water-rat
 striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
 Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
 rice rat (Oryzomyini spp.)
 Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum);  annual ryegrass;  Australian ryegrass;  short rotation ryegrass;  Westerwolds ryegrass;  darnel
 Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus);  kha-nyou;  rat-squirrel