What is a rat called?

Answer 1

a ratling

Answer 2

In Europe a baby rat is called a kitten, in North America they are called pups. However pup is the scientific classification of the baby rat.

AnswerA young rat is called a kitten, nestling, pinkie, or pup

A baby rat is called a pup.

Answer 3

because the person who discoved rats named them rats
There's no authoritative history for the origin of the word 'rat'; it's one of the Indo-European (or PIE: Proto-Indo-European) words, with similar versions in several languages.

One suggestion:

I think it came from this:

One of the definitions of 'rat': A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.

That word was used years and years and years ago 1700's (?) for a mass of hair, I'm guessing a rat looked like that to people when it was running past, just a mass of hair.

Another suggestion:

Or perhaps it was the other way around: the rat in the sense of hair-enhancement took its name from the hairy rat.

Answer 4

1. Icky. Gross. An infestation to the good of mankind.

2. Wild rats can be mean, unattractive and greasy- or dirty-looking. However, tamed pet rats can be cute, fun, very intelligent and all-around great animals.

Answer 5

• Male rats are called bucks.
• Unmated females are called does
• Pregnant or parent females are called dams
• Infants are called kittens or pups.
• A group of rats is either referred to as a pack or a mischief.

Answer 6

In Europe a baby rat is called a kitten, in north america they are called pups. However pup is the scientific classification of the baby rat.

Answer 7

Nest