rodent

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin rodens (stem rodent-), present participle of rodere ‘to gnaw’.

[edit] Noun

Singular
rodent

Plural
rodents

rodent (plural rodents)

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

[edit] Synonyms

gnawer

[edit] Hyponyms

See also Wikisaurus:rodent

[edit] Translations

mammal of the order Rodentia

Bosnian: glodar bs(bs) m.
Breton: krigner m.
Bulgarian: гризач m. (grizač)
Catalan: rosegador
Chinese:

Mandarin: 嚙齒目動物 cmn(cmn), 啮齿目动物 cmn(cmn) (nièchǐmù dòngwù), 嚙齒動物 cmn(cmn), 啮齿动物 cmn(cmn) (nièchǐ dòngwù)
Croatian: glodavac m.
Czech: hlodavec cs(cs) m.
Danish: gnaver da(da)
Dutch: knaagdier nl(nl) n.
Esperanto: ronĝulo
Estonian: näriline et(et)
Finnish: jyrsijä fi(fi)
French: rongeur fr(fr) m.
German: Nagetier de(de) n., Nager de(de) m.
Greek: τρωκτικό el(el) n.
Hebrew: מכרסם
Hungarian: rágcsáló hu(hu)

Icelandic: nagdýr is(is) n.
Indonesian: pengerat id(id)
Italian: roditore it(it) m.
Japanese: 齧歯動物
Korean: 설치류
Latvian: grauzējs lv(lv) m.
Lithuanian: graužikas m.
Norwegian: gnager no(no) m.
Occitan: rosegaire oc(oc)
Polish: gryzoń pl(pl)
Portuguese: roedor pt(pt) m.
Romanian: rozător n.
Russian: грызун m. (gryzun)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: глодар m.

Latin: glodar m.
Slovak: hlodavec sk(sk) m.
Slovene: glodalec sl(sl) m.
Spanish: roedor es(es) m.
Vietnamese: gặm nhấm vi(vi)

[edit] See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rodent"

Categories: English nouns | Mammals | Rodents

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