What is the meaning of pack rat?

Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others.
- synonyms: magpie, scavenger
Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.
- synonyms: packrat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea

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