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 Definitions of rodent  [ˈroʊd nt]  

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Definition of 'rodent' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) rodent
belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, characterized by four continually growing incisors: includes mice, squirrels, beavers, chipmunks, and rats.

2. (n.) rodent
a rodent mammal.

Etymology:  (1825–35; < NL Rodentia, neut. pl. of L

Definition of 'rodent' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) rodent, gnawer
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing


Definition of 'rodent' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) rodent
one of the Rodentia

2. (verb) rodent
gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer

3. (verb) rodent
gnawing

4. (verb) rodent
of or pertaining to the Rodentia


Translation of 'rodent' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: any of a number of types of animal with large front teeth for gnawing, eg squirrels, beavers, rats etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: knaagdier Arabic flag Arabic: حَيوان قارِض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гризач
Brazilian flag Brazilian: roedor Czech flag Czech: hlodavec German flag German: das Nagetier
Danish flag Danish: gnaver Greek flag Greek: τρωκτικό Spanish flag Spanish: roedor
Estonian flag Estonian: näriline Farsi flag Farsi: جنور جونده Finnish flag Finnish: jyrsijä
French flag French: rongeur Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְכַרסֵם Hindi flag Hindi: चूहा, गिलहरी आदि कतरने वा
Croatian flag Croatian: glodavac Hungarian flag Hungarian: rágcsáló Indonesian flag Indonesian: binatang mengerat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nagdÿr Italian flag Italian: roditore Japanese flag Japanese: けっ歯動物
Korean flag Korean: 설치류 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: graužikas Latvian flag Latvian: grauzējs
Malay flag Malay: menggerit Dutch flag Dutch: knaagdier Norwegian flag Norwegian: gnager
Polish flag Polish: gryzoń Persian flag Persian: جنور جونده Pashto flag Pashto: چک وهونکی ، خوله لږونکی ژ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: roedor Romanian flag Romanian: rozător Russian flag Russian: грызун
Slovak flag Slovak: hlodavec Slovenian flag Slovenian: glodalec Serbian flag Serbian: glodar
Swedish flag Swedish: gnagare Thai flag Thai: สัตว์ที่ใช้ฟันแทะ Turkish flag Turkish: kemirgen (hayvan)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 嚙齒動物(兔、鼠等) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гризун Urdu flag Urdu: کترنے والا جانور
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: loài gặm nhấm Chinese flag Chinese: 啮齿动物(兔、鼠等)

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