Rodent

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  • noun. Any of various mammals of the order Rodentia, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver, characterized by large incisors used for gnawing or nibbling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Gnawing, as certain mammals; habitually feeding upon vegetable substances, which are gnawed or bitten first with the front teeth; pertaining to the Rodentia, Rosores, or Glires, or having their characters; gliriform.
  • noun. A member of the order Rodentia, Rosores, or Glires; a rodent mammal; a gnawer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of the Rodentia.
  • adjective. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Gnawing.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
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