rodent

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Etymology

Latin rōdēns (“gnawer; one who gnaws”), present participle of rōdō (“I gnaw”).

Noun

rodent (plural rodents)

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

Synonyms

• gnawer

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:rodent

Translations

mammal of the order Rodentia

• Armenian: կրծող (hy) (krçoġ)
• Bashkir: кимереүсе (kimerewse)
• Breton: krigner m
• Bulgarian: гризач (bg) (grizač) m
• Catalan: rosegador (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嚙齒目動物 (cmn), 啮齿目动物 (cmn) (nièchǐmù dòngwù), 嚙齒動物 (cmn), 啮齿动物 (cmn) (nièchǐ dòngwù)

• Czech: hlodavec (cs) m
• Danish: gnaver (da)
• Dutch: knaagdier (nl) n
• Esperanto: ronĝulo
• Estonian: näriline (et)
• Finnish: jyrsijä (fi)
• French: rongeur (fr) m
• German: Nagetier (de) n, Nager (de) m
• Greek: τρωκτικό (el) (troktikó) n
• Hebrew: מכרסם
• Hungarian: rágcsáló (hu)
• Icelandic: nagdýr (is) n
• Indonesian: pengerat (id)
• Italian: roditore (it) m

• Japanese: 齧歯類 (ja) (げっしるい, gesshirui), 齧歯動物 (ja) (げっしどうぶつ, gesshi-dōbutsu)
• Korean: 설치류 (ko) (seolchiryu)
• Latvian: grauzējs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: graužikas m
• Malay: rodensia (ms)
• Navajo: tsin deigházhígíí
• Norwegian: gnager (no) m
• Occitan: rosegaire (oc)
• Polish: gryzoń (pl)
• Portuguese: roedor (pt) m
• Romanian: rozător n
• Russian: грызун (ru) (gryzún) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: глодар (sh) m, глодавац m

  Roman: glodar m, glodavac m

• Slovak: hlodavec (sk) m
• Slovene: glodalec (sl) m
• Spanish: roedor (es) m
• Swedish: gnagare (sv) c
• Tok Pisin: rat (tpi)
• Turkish: kemirgen (tr)
• Vietnamese: gặm nhấm (vi)

See also

• agouti
• beaver
• capybara
• chinchilla
• chipmunk
• Count Branicki's mouse
• coypu
• dormouse
• gerbil
• gopher
• guinea pig
• hamster
• jerboa
• marmot
• mole rat
• mouse
• nutria
• paca
• pacarana
• porcupine
• prairie dog
• rat
• springhare
• squirrel
• viscacha

Anagrams

• dentro

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French

Verb

rodent

1. third-person plural present indicative of roder
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of roder

Anagrams

• dorent, dronte, endort, tondre

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Latin

Verb

rōdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of rōdō