About The Word Rodent
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Rodent
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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. |
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