About The Word Rodent

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Rodent to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Rodent definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Rodent

Rodent Meaning & Definition
Rodent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rodent?

[n] relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rodent: gnawer | gnawing animal

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rodent:

See Also | abrocome | agouti | Aplodontia rufa | beaver | capibara | capybara | cavy | chinchilla | Chinchilla laniger | chinchilla rat | chinchillon | cotton rat | coypu | Cuniculus paca | Dasyprocta aguti | Dolichotis patagonum | dormouse | eutherian | eutherian mammal | Florida water rat | gerbil | gerbille | hamster | hedgehog | Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | jerboa | jumping mouse | Lagostomus maximus | lemming | mara | marmot | mole rat | mountain beaver | mountain chinchilla | mountain paca | mountain viscacha | mouse | murine | muskrat | musquash | Myocastor coypus | Neofiber alleni | New World mouse | nutria | Ondatra zibethica | order Rodentia | paca | placental | placental mammal | porcupine | prairie dog | prairie marmot | rat | rat chinchilla | Rodentia | round-tailed muskrat | sand rat | sewellel | Sigmodon hispidus | squirrel | viscacha | water rat | wood rat | woodrat

Rodent In Webster's Dictionary

\Ro"dent\, a. [L. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See {Rase}, v. t., and cf. {Rostrum}.] 1. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Gnawing. (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
\Ro"dent\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Rodentia.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Virginia mallow ‐ tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having…
  • Sinecure ‐ an office that involves minimal duties [n] a benefice to which…
  • Ground bait ‐ bait scattered on the water to…
  • Ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes ‐ mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults;…
  • Boolean logic ‐ a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in…
  • Repine ‐ express…
  • Chinese angelica ‐ similar to American angelica tree but less…
  • Outlawry ‐ illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the…
  • Flammable ‐ possible to burn
  • Genus mastodon ‐ extinct type genus of the Mammutidae:…