ratborne

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English

Etymology

From rat +‎ -borne.

Adjective

ratborne (not comparable)

  1. Transmitted by rats.
    Hypernym: rodentborne
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      And your Caribbeans with their spliffs and their potbelly toddlers and their like daily barbecues and ratborne hanta viruses and sugary drinks with pig blood at the bottom? Slam the cell door, eat the key.