Rodent
['rəʊd(ə)nt] or ['rodnt]
Definition
(noun.) relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
Typist: Robinson--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
(v. t.) Gnawing.
(v. t.) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
(n.) One of the Rodentia.
Editor: Matt
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Gnawing.
n. Gnawer.
Edited by Ervin
Definition
adj. gnawing: belonging to the Rodentia.—n. a rodent mammal.—n.pl. Roden′tia an order of mammals including squirrels beavers rats rabbits &c.
Checker: Rupert
Examples
- Bats, bears, some animals of the rodent order, such as the porcupine, the dormouse, some squirrels, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The eyes of moles and of some burrowing rodents are rudimentary in size, and in some cases are quite covered by skin and fur. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We know something concerning the motor memo ry of rodents and horses, and its biological value. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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