Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which gnaws or corrodes.
- noun In zoology: A rodent.
- noun plural The Rodentia, Rosores, or Glires.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, gnaws.
- noun (Zoöl.) A rodent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rodent or other similar type of animal thatgnaws .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Etymologies
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Examples
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(A delightful true story of food, Paris, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream) rongeur (ron-zhay) noun, masculine rodent, gnawer
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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(A delightful true story of food, Paris, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream) rongeur (ron-zhay) noun, masculine rodent, gnawer
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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(A delightful true story of food, Paris, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream) rongeur (ron-zhay) noun, masculine rodent, gnawer
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Crumb-snatcher am I called, and I am the son of Bread-nibbler — he was my stout-hearted father — and my mother was Quern-licker, the daughter of Ham-gnawer the king: she bare me in the mouse-hole and nourished me with food, figs and nuts and dainties of all kinds.
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Among them were the teeth of a gnawer, equalling in size and closely resembling those of the Capybara, whose habits have been described; and therefore, probably, an aquatic animal.
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Among them were the teeth of a gnawer, equalling in size and closely resembling those of the Capybara, whose habits have been described; and therefore, probably, an aquatic animal.
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A gnawer by nature, the hamster had formidable, chisel-like incisors in both upper and lower jaws, and it knew how to use them.
TO STORM HEAVEN ESTHER FRIESNER 1990
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Quern-licker, the daughter of Ham-gnawer the king: she bare me in the mouse-hole and nourished me with food, figs and nuts and dainties of all kinds.
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Before we had been long on the Barrier he developed mischievous habits and became a rope eater and gnawer of other ponies 'fringes, as we called the coloured tassels we hung over their eyes to ward off snow-blindness.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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Among them were the teeth of a gnawer, equalling in size and closely resembling those of the Capybara, whose habits have been described; and therefore, probably, an aquatic animal.
Chapter V 1909
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