n :  a genus of rodents of the family Muridae that comprise the common rats and are distinguished from members of the closely related genus Mus by bevel-edged upper incisors and comparatively large second and third molars .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ra·dio·as·say  ra·di·us  RDS  reds 
 
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