any of the relatively small placental mammals that constitute the order Rodentia, having constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing. The group includes porcupines, rats, mice, squirrels, marmots, etc (as modifier): rodent characteristics
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ro•dent /ˈroʊdənt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a mammal belonging to a family of animals that has four sharp teeth that grow continually:Rodents include mice, squirrels, and rats.
adj.
- Mammalsbelonging to this family of animals.
ro•dent
(rōd′nt),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
ro′dent•like′, adj.
- belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
n.
- a rodent mammal.
- Neo-Latin Rodentia Rodentia
- 1825–35
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'rodent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Rodentia
- agouti
- aye-aye
- beaver
- capybara
- cavy
- chinchilla
- chipmunk
- control
- corrode
- coypu
- degu
- dormouse
- flying squirrel
- gerbil
- gopher
- ground squirrel
- guinea pig
- hamster
- hystricomorph
- jerboa
- kangaroo rat
- marmot
- mountain beaver
- mouse
- murine
- muskrat
- naked mole rat
- paca
- pack rat
- rodent ulcer
- rodenticide
- rostrum
- spiny dormouse
- springhaas
- springhare
- squirrel
- thallium
- viscacha
- woodchuck