English noun: rodent |
| 1. | rodent (animal) relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
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| Synonyms | gnawer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abrocome, agouti, Aplodontia rufa, beaver, capibara, capybara, cavy, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, chinchilla rat, chinchillon, cotton rat, coypu, Cuniculus paca, Dasyprocta aguti, Dolichotis patagonum, dormouse, Florida water rat, gerbil, gerbille, hamster, hedgehog, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, jerboa, jumping mouse, Lagostomus maximus, lemming, mara, marmot, mole rat, mole rat, mountain beaver, mountain chinchilla, mountain paca, mountain viscacha, mouse, murine, muskrat, musquash, Myocastor coypus, Neofiber alleni, New World mouse, nutria, Ondatra zibethica, paca, porcupine, prairie dog, prairie marmot, rat, rat chinchilla, round-tailed muskrat, sand rat, sewellel, Sigmodon hispidus, squirrel, viscacha, water rat, wood rat, wood-rat |
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| Member meronym | order Rodentia, Rodentia |
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