white rat
Albino laboratory subject
A white rat is an albino rat, typically bred for laboratory research or kept as a pet.
Lab rats are usually white because albinism makes them easier to observe and indicates controlled breeding.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for someone used in experiments: I felt like a white rat in their corporate training program.
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- test subjectExperiment participant
- animal testingExperiments on living creatures
- mouseSmall gnawing mammal
- albinoOne without melanin
experiment · scientific study · cage · rodent · whiskers · tail · pet · maze · running wheel · science · furry · squeaking · treadmill · pellets · bedding · wood shavings · sniffing · breeding
- lab rats
- small mammalsmouse, mice, hamster, hamsters, gerbil
- White Animalspolar bear, snowy owl, arctic fox, beluga whale, snow goose
- Lab organismslab mouse, E. coli, zebrafish, yeast, fruit fly