Any of a very large order (Rodentia) of gnawing mammals, including rats, mice, squirrels, and beavers, characterized by constantly growing incisors adapted for gnawing or nibbling; esp., in popular usage, a rat or mouse.
The definition of rodent is something gnawing, or something related to a small mammal with constantly growing incisor teeth used for gnawing.
A trap intended to capture a mouse or a rat is an example of a rodent trap.
Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Other Word Forms of Rodent
Origin of Rodent
From New Latin Rōdentiaorder namefrom Latin rōdēnsrōdent-present participle ofrōdereto gnawrēd- in Indo-European roots
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
LatinrōdÄ“ns (“gnawer; one who gnaws"), present participle of rōdō (“I gnaw").
Rodent Sentence Examples
C. paca is a white-spotted rodent, about 2 ft.
A destructive rodent, is found in great numbers in Russia and Germany.
Goeldi states that the paca-rana is a rodent of phlegmatic and gentle disposition,.
It is a large rodent known to the Tupi Indians as the paca-rana, or false paca, in allusion to the resemblance of its coloration to that of the true paca, from which it differs by its elldeveloped tail, the absence of cheek-pouches, the full development of all five toes and the wider thorax.
The Caviidae, in the present more comprehensive sense, include the giants of the rodent order.