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Definition of Gnawers
1. gnawer [n] - See also: gnawer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnawers
Literary usage of Gnawers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature Study and the Child by Charles B. Scott (1900)
"gnawers " or Rodents. Aim. To broaden pupils' conceptions and lead to greater
unity in their minds; to train them to compare, to discriminate between ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"THE ORDER OF RODENTIA, OR gnawers. The Order of Rodentia comprises all the gnawing
Mammalia. They are readily distinguished by their teeth. ..."
3. The Wonders of Geology; Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1840)
"Structure of the rodentia, or gnawers. 15. General inferences. 16. Fossil bones.
17, Fossil elephants, or mammoths. 18. Mammoth and rhinoceros in ice. 19. ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"THE ORDER OF RODENTIA, OR gnawers. The Order of Rodentia comprises all the gnawing
Mammalia. They are readily distinguished by their teeth. ..."
5. Natural History of Animals: Containing Brief Descriptions of the Animals by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"RODENTS, OR gnawers. The Rodents are readily known by their teeth. In each jaw
they have the two front ones chisel-shaped, and between these and the ..."
6. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"THE gnawers. THIS order, GLIRES of Linnaeus and his followers, is composed of
animals, chiefly of small size, which differ from all others by the ..."
7. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"THE ORDER OF RODENTIA OR gnawers. This Order includes all mammalia which are
specially fitted for gnawing, as Rats, Mice, Dormice, Gophers, Beavers, ..."
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