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noun
Relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
synonym: rodent.
is a specific kind of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal.
is a broader term that covers: mouse | rat | murine | water rat | New World mouse | muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica | Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, round-tailed muskrat | cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus | wood-rat, wood rat | hamster | gerbil, gerbille | lemming | hedgehog, porcupine | jumping mouse | jerboa | dormouse | squirrel | prairie dog, prairie marmot | marmot | beaver | Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver, sewellel | cavy | Dolichotis patagonum, mara | capibara, capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | agouti, Dasyprocta aguti | Cuniculus paca, paca | mountain paca | coypu, Myocastor coypus, nutria | chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger | mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha | chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus, viscacha | abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla | mole rat | mole rat | sand rat ... show more.
is a member of: order Rodentia, Rodentia.
derivation: gnaw.
Dutch: knaagdierPolish: gryzoń
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