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noun
Someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses.
is a specific kind of: pilferer, sneak thief, snitcher.
Brown rat that infests wharves.
is a specific kind of: brown rat, Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus.
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