Ro`den´ti`a
| n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) 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. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Rodentia - small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutisanimal 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. naked mole rat - fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites |
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