Definition of Rodentia

1. Noun. Small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis.


Definition of Rodentia

1. n. pl. 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.

Medical Definition of Rodentia

1. 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. 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. Origin: NL. See Rodent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodentia

rod outer segments
rod vision
rodalquilarite
rodded
rodding
roddings
roddy
rode
roded
rodent
rodent control
rodent diseases
rodent ulcer
rodente
rodentes
rodentia (current term)
rodential
rodenticidal
rodenticide
rodenticides
rodentlike
rodentologist
rodentologists
rodentology
rodentproof
rodents
rodenty
rodeo
rodeo rider
rodeoed

Literary usage of Rodentia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"rodentia. 215. We now proceed to the Herbivorous series of the higher division of ... The order rodentia, which next presents itself to our consideration, ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"or less yellowish brown. It is found in King's Island to the south of New Holland, where it lives in its burrow. Its flesh excellent.(l) ORDER V. rodentia. ..."

3. 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. ..."

4. A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the Department of Geology and by Henry Woodward (1890)
"rodentia. Table-case, No. 24. Order VI.—rodentia ... Of the forty genera of rodentia which have been found in a fossil state, twelve extend back in time as ..."

5. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"rodentia.—The Rodents form one of the best-defined orders of the whole class, and are readily characterised by the absence of canines, and their chisel-like ..."

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