Definition of rodentia Rodentia
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What does rodentia mean?
WordNet
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| rodentia - small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis | ||
| order Rodentia | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| eutheria, subclass eutheria all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
| gnawer, rodent relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing | ||
| myomorpha, suborder myomorpha true rats and mice and related rodents | ||
| hystricomorpha, suborder hystricomorpha an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc. | ||
| sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rodentia (a.)
An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.
