Peter Pettigrew's Animagus, in the Harry Potter books (3)

I believe the answer is:

rat

(Other definitions for rat that I've seen before include "Sewer rodent" , "One deserting sinking ship" , "person doing shopping" , "Cad" , "Destructive rodent" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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