rat spill n.— «Reacting to a “rat-spill” from a shipwreck or some other introduction requires a rapid response, as does any appearance on Anacapa Island following eradication, or on Prince, Sutil and Santa Barbara Islands...
rat spill n. the accidental importation of rats to a rat-free island (or, rarely, to any rat-free piece of land). (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
rat spill n.— «The agency and local officials have also set up a rat spill-response team to spring into action when there’s a shipwreck.» —“Pribilofs raise rodent defense” in Anchorage, Alaska AP Jan. 18, 1999...
rat spill
n.— «(title)» —“Federal Biologist Warns of ‘Rat Spill’” in Anchorage, Alaska AP Ot. 10, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
rat spill n.— «But worse than an oil spill, in the view of wildlife biologists working furiously to protect millions of exotic animals, the freighter, if it got close enough, could cause an even greater environmental calamity: a rat spill...
monkey board n.— «She also started to learn the offshore patois used to describe the different parts of the platform: the dog house, the monkey board, the rat hole, the cat walk.» —“Taking oil painting to a whole new...