Category:Rodent

Ro"dent, a. Etym: [l. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See Rase, v. t., and cf. Rostrum.]

1. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (med.) applied to a destructive Variety of cancer or ulcer.

2. (zoöl.) (a) gnawing. (b) of or pertaining to the rodentia.

Rodent Ro"dent, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: one of the rodentia.