Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a rodent or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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rodent +‎ -like

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Examples

  • They might have been muskrats, but they were too big; or small beavers, but for their rodentlike tails.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • They might have been muskrats, but they were too big; or small beavers, but for their rodentlike tails.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • They might have been muskrats, but they were too big; or small beavers, but for their rodentlike tails.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • They might have been muskrats, but they were too big; or small beavers, but for their rodentlike tails.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • All he'd seen besides the livestock of the local inholders were the smaller local animals like the grayjays and the rodentlike scrats.

    Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • His canine teeth were short and blunt, so the incisors stood out by contrast, long and yellowed, rodentlike.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • Something large, furry, and rodentlike leapt down from a low-hanging branch with a screech and wrapped itself around Kirk's neck.

    The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

  • Something large, furry, and rodentlike leapt down from a low-hanging branch with a screech and wrapped itself around Kirk's neck.

    The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

  • Something large, furry, and rodentlike leapt down from a low-hanging branch with a screech and wrapped itself around Kirk's neck.

    The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

  • His small, rodentlike eyes fastened on her warily.

    Cinderella At The Ball Wells, Robin 1999

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