Rodent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rodent \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.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) Gnawing.
        (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rodent \Ro"dent\, n. (Zool.)
     One of the Rodentia.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rodent
       n : relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of
           constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
           [syn: {gnawer}, {gnawing animal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "rodent":
     amphibian, aquatic, biped, canine, cannibal, carnivore,
     cosmopolite, feline, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate,
     mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, mouselike, mousy,
     omnivore, primate, quadruped, ratty, reptile, rodential, ruminant,
     scavenger, ungulate, varmint, vermin, verminous, vertebrate