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Meaning of GNAWER

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
 
 Synonyms: gnawing animal, rodent
 
 See Also: abrocome, agouti, Aplodontia rufa, beaver, capibara, capybara, cavy, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, chinchilla rat, chinchillon, cotton rat, coypu, Cuniculus paca, Dasyprocta aguti, Dolichotis patagonum, dormouse, eutherian, eutherian mammal, Florida water rat, gerbil, gerbille, hamster, hedgehog, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, jerboa, jumping mouse, Lagostomus maximus, lemming, mara, marmot, mole rat, mountain beaver, mountain chinchilla, mountain paca, mountain viscacha, mouse, murine, muskrat, musquash, Myocastor coypus, Neofiber alleni, New World mouse, nutria, Ondatra zibethica, order Rodentia, paca, placental, placental mammal, porcupine, prairie dog, prairie marmot, rat, rat chinchilla, Rodentia, round-tailed muskrat, sand rat, sewellel, Sigmodon hispidus, squirrel, viscacha, water rat, wood rat, woodrat

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gnaw"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, gnaws.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A rodent.
 

 

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