Rodent

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ro=dent

CIDE DICTIONARY

Rodent, a. [L. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See Rase, v. t., and cf. Rostrum.].

•  Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.  [1913 Webster]
•  Gnawing.  [1913 Webster]

Rodent, n. 

 One of the Rodentia.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Rodent, n. & adj.
--n. any mammal of the order Rodentia with strong incisors and no canine teeth, e.g. rat, mouse, squirrel, beaver, porcupine.
--adj.
1 of the order Rodentia.
2 gnawing (esp. Med. of slow-growing ulcers).

Idiom

rodent officer Brit. an official dealing with rodent pests.

Derivative

rodential adj.

Etymology

L rodere ros- gnaw

THESAURUS

Rodent

amphibian, aquatic, biped, canine, cannibal, carnivore, cosmopolite, feline, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, mouselike, mousy, omnivore, primate, quadruped, ratty, reptile, rodential, ruminant, scavenger, ungulate, varmint, vermin, verminous, vertebrate