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offspring of a rat

Vimto | 04:03 Tue 20th Jun 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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Q. Offspring of a rat (5). Answer: A fruit or vegetable. Help please? I keep thinking of "papaw" but would appreciate feedback.

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rogerr

All I can come up with is MORUS which is a fruit. Rats belong to the genus MUS.

juliely

Hi Vimto, I don't have the answer I'm afraid, what do you have for Q44?
Thanks.

razza

We used to call the young of a rat,a PINKY

Big Jenny

I've put PEACH - Peaches Geldof, offspring of a (Boomtown) Rat.

Probably completely wrong, though.

Vimto

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Hello all, rogerr, I'm pretty sure that when I was disecting rats at school the genus was "rattus". Juliely, "Charlie is my darling" (no. 44), I'm working on "c" for charlie and loves or lover which gives "cloves" and "clover"; neither of which can really be described as a fruit or vegetable, What do you think?
Big Jenny, I think you have cracked it. Really, very good; I'd never have seen that connection as I have not heard of Geldof's daughter.

razza, What's the significence of "pinky"?

valerieb1254

Hi Big Jenny,
Don't know how you thought of that. Well done.
Val.

rogerr

According to Chambers dictionary the genus is mus, but I agree Peaches is a brilliant answer.

Vimto

Question Author

Sorry rogerr, but I have just looked in my Chambers and it states: RAT- a genus ( Rattus) of animals close to mice----Chambers 2003, reprinted 2005.

rogerr

Mine's an older edition and it says "rat , any of the larger animals of the genus Mus (distinguished from mouse) " etc.
I agree that the common rat is Rattus rattus, but i was looking for something else to give me some help with the solution.
Strangely, there is no mention of rattus in the definition, which is odd.
I had better get a newer edition.

rogerr

I have just looked in my Collins dictionary and it doesn't mention rattus either, or Mus!
It says " a large rodent of the Muridae or mouse family".
Anyone want to buy two old dictionaries?
Cheers
Rogerr

Vimto

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roger, no need to buy a new dictionary:

PHYLUM- CHORDATTA ; animals with notochords.
SUB-PHYLUM VERTEBRATA; animals with backbones.
CLASS MAMMALIA; mammals.
SUB- CLASS THERIA; mammals that do not lay eggs.
INFRA-CLASS THERIA; placental mammals.
ORDER RODENTIA; rodents.
FAMILY MURIDAE; old world rats and mice.

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