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• a  resembling or characteristic of a rat

• Waugh's hero ghost is ratlike, inexorably likable Basil Seal, the flower of British adventurousness degraded to magenta.
• Small, fast-breeding animals, such as the primitive, ratlike mammals of the time, would not be damaged as much.
• Or like Sidney, always on the make and on the move, ratlike, in the dark.

News & Articles

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• Ratlike Creature's Bizarre Backbone Baffles Scientists
  The hero shrew — a small, ratlike animal with a bizarrely strong and oddly shaped backbone — has mystified scientists since it was first described more than 100 years ago. Now, a newly discovered species of hero shrew may help researchers piece together why the animal evolved to have such a peculiar spine and what purpose the hardy backbone serves now.
  July 23, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News