rodent

UK/ˈɹəʊdənt/US/ˈɹoʊdənt/

nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,269 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: rodents

A rodent is a gnawing animal such as a rat or a squirrel. Rodent control, a small rodent, rodents in the roof.

About two in five mammal species are rodents, which makes them by far the largest order. Their front teeth never stop growing, so they must gnaw to wear them down — an animal that cannot gnaw dies of it. The Latin rodere means to gnaw.

Definitions of rodent

1nounrodentA gnawing animal such as a rat or a squirrel.B1+
“Rats, mice and other rodents had been eating the grain in the barn.”

rodent is an animal.

Where it comes from

Latin rodens is the present participle of rodere, to gnaw. Erode and corrode come from the same gnawing away.

Proto-Indo-European
*Hreh₃d-
Latin
rōdēns — gnawer; one who gnaws
English, today
rodent

Built from

rōdō · Latin — to gnaw

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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rodent in the wild

Mice are widely available as pets, but not as popular as some other rodents.
Mouse
Generally, when a muroid rodent is discovered, its common name includes the term mouse if it is smaller, or rat if it is larger.
Mouse
Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara.
Caviidae
Native Tupi people call it the pacarana (false paca) because it is superficially similar to the paca, a different rodent which is not in the same family.
Pacarana
In homes and urban environments, the pests are the rodents, birds, insects and other organisms that share the habitat with humans, and that feed on or spoil possessions.
Pest control

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Related words

the rōdō family

rodent

rodent — used about once every 1,832 pages · #6,269 · point at the bar for the others

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rodent

UK/ˈɹəʊdənt/US/ˈɹoʊdənt/

nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,269 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: rodents

A rodent is a gnawing animal such as a rat or a squirrel. Rodent control, a small rodent, rodents in the roof.

Definitions of rodent

1nounrodentA gnawing animal such as a rat or a squirrel.B1+
“Rats, mice and other rodents had been eating the grain in the barn.”

rodent is an animal.

Where it comes from

Latin rodens is the present participle of rodere, to gnaw. Erode and corrode come from the same gnawing away.

Proto-Indo-European
*Hreh₃d-
Latin
rōdēns — gnawer; one who gnaws
English, today
rodent

Built from

rōdō · Latin — to gnaw

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

Practise this word

rodent in the wild

Mice are widely available as pets, but not as popular as some other rodents.
Mouse
Generally, when a muroid rodent is discovered, its common name includes the term mouse if it is smaller, or rat if it is larger.
Mouse
Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara.
Caviidae
Native Tupi people call it the pacarana (false paca) because it is superficially similar to the paca, a different rodent which is not in the same family.
Pacarana
In homes and urban environments, the pests are the rodents, birds, insects and other organisms that share the habitat with humans, and that feed on or spoil possessions.
Pest control

1 / 2

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the rōdō family

rodent

rodent — used about once every 1,832 pages · #6,269 · point at the bar for the others