Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various mammals of the order Rodentia, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver, characterized by large incisors adapted for gnawing or nibbling.
- adj. Gnawing.
- adj. Of or relating to rodents.
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.
- n. A member of the order Rodentia, Rosores, or Glires; a rodent mammal; a gnawer.
Wiktionary
- n. A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
- adj. Gnawing.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
- n. (Zoöl.) One of the Rodentia.
WordNet 3.0
- n. relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Etymologies
- Latin rōdēns ("gnawer; one who gnaws"), present participle of rōdō ("I gnaw"). (Wiktionary)
- From New Latin Rōdentia, order name, from Latin rōdēns, rōdent-, present participle of rōdere, to gnaw; see rēd- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“The son of a poor blacksmith in rural Manitoba, Mr. Barker joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in November, 1914, and endured what he called the "rodent life" in the trenches near Ypres and Flanders.”
“A cat killing a small rodent is not a cause for alarm as regards the psychological health of the cat. zombieite”
“From the motion of the molecules of the air that we breathe, to the spinning of our spherical planet that assures that the sun will rise tomorrow in the east, to the geological forces that cause fossils of seashells to be found on mountaintops, to the neurological tags that determine why one species of rodent is promiscuous and why another mates forlife ...”
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“Done thoroughly, every last destructive insect or rodent is sent to varmint hell - and in a day or two, the grand house is habitable again.”
“Do you know of the nutritional value of certain rodent/varmint”
“Do you know of the nutritional value of certain rodent/varmint secretional fluids”
“Do you know of the nutritional value of certain rodent/varmint secretional fluids or the the ingestional ratings of different kinds of forrest tree barks?”
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