| rodentia | (n) small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis, Syn. order Rodentia |
| Rodentia | ‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rodent, a. ] (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. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The incisor teeth are long, curved, and strongly enameled on the outside, so as to keep a cutting edge. They have a persistent pulp and grow continuously. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 齧歯目;げっ歯目 | [げっしもく, gesshimoku] (n) (1) Rodentia; (adj-no) (2) rat-like; rodential [Add to Longdo] |