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Definition of Rodentia
1. Noun. Small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Gnawer, Rodent, Myomorpha, Suborder Myomorpha, Hystricomorpha, Suborder Hystricomorpha, Sciuromorpha, Suborder Sciuromorpha, Naked Mole Rat
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodentia
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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