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From Latin rōdēns, rōdēnt- ( “ gnawer; one who gnaws ” ) , present participle of rōdō ( “ I gnaw ” ) .
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IPA (key ) : /ˈɹəʊdənt/
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rodent (plural rodents )
A mammal of the order Rodentia , characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing .
2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke , “In the News ”, in American Scientist , volume 101 , number 3, page 193 :Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents .
( dated , bulletin board system slang, leetspeak , derogatory ) A person lacking in maturity , social skills , technical competence or intelligence ; lamer . [mid-1980s–mid-1990s] Synonyms
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mammal of the order Rodentia
Afrikaans: knaagdier (af)
Albanian: brejtës (sq) m
Arabic: قَارِض m ( qāriḍ ) , قَوَارِض m pl ( qawāriḍ )
Armenian: կրծող (hy) ( krcoġ )
Asturian: royedor (ast) m
Azerbaijani: gəmirici (az)
Bashkir: кимереүсе ( kimerewse )
Basque: karraskari
Belarusian: грызу́н m ( hryzún )
Breton: krigner m
Bulgarian: гризач (bg) m ( grizač )
Burmese: ကြွက် (my) ( krwak ) ( mouse, rat )
Catalan: rosegador (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 齧齒目 動物 / 啮齿目 动物 ( nièchǐmù dòngwù ) , 嚙齒目 動物 / 啮齿目 动物 ( nièchǐmù dòngwù ) , 齧齒動物 / 啮齿动物 (zh) ( nièchǐ dòngwù ) , 嚙齒動物 / 啮齿动物 (zh) ( nièchǐ dòngwù )
Czech: hlodavec (cs) m
Danish: gnaver (da) c
Dutch: knaagdier (nl) n
Esperanto: ronĝulo (eo)
Estonian: näriline
Faroese: gnagdýr n
Finnish: jyrsijä (fi)
French: rongeur (fr) m
Friulian: roseadôr
Galician: roedor (gl) m
Georgian: მღრღნელი ( mɣrɣneli )
German: Nagetier (de) n , Nager (de) m
Greek: τρωκτικό (el) n ( troktikó )
Hebrew: מְכַרְסֵם (he) ( mekharsem )
Hindi: कृंतक ( kŕntak )
Hungarian: rágcsáló (hu)
Icelandic: nagdýr (is) n
Ido: rodero (io)
Indonesian: pengerat (id)
Irish: creimire m
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: roditore (it) m
Japanese: 齧歯類 (ja) ( げっしるい, gesshirui ) , 齧歯動物 ( げっしどうぶつ, gesshi-dōbutsu )
Kalmyk: мерәч ( meräç )
Kazakh: кеміргіш ( kemırgış ) , кеміруші ( kemıruşı ) , кеміруші ( kemıruşı )
Khmer: រទច្ឆេទី ( rĕəʼtĕəʼcheetii )
Korean: 설치류 ( seolchiryu )
Kyrgyz: кемирүүчү ( kemirüücü )
Lao: ຈຳພວກໜູ (lo) ( cham phūak nū )
Latvian: grauzējs m
Lithuanian: graužikas m
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: глодар m ( glodar )
Malay: rodensia , tikus (ms) ( mouse, rat )
Maori: rīroi
Mongolian: мэрэгч амьтан ( meregč amʹtan )
Navajo: tsin deigházhígíí
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gnager (no) m
Nynorsk: gnagar m
Occitan: rosegaire (oc)
Ottoman Turkish: كمریجی ( kemirici ) , موش ( muş )
Persian: جوندگان (fa) ( javandgân ) , جونده (fa) ( javande )
Polish: gryzoń (pl) m
Portuguese: roedor (pt) m
Romanian: rozător (ro) n
Russian: грызу́н (ru) m ( gryzún )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гло̀да̄р m , глодавац m
Roman: glòdār m , glodavac m
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: hlodavec (sk) m
Slovene: glodalec (sl) m
Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: roedor (es) m
Swedish: gnagare (sv) c
Tajik: хоянда ( xoyanda )
Tatar: кимерүче (tt) ( kimerüçe )
Thai: สัตว์ฟันแทะ (th) ( sàt-fan-tɛ́ )
Tok Pisin: rat
Turkish: kemirgen (tr) , kemirici (tr)
Turkmen: gemriji
Ukrainian: гризу́н m ( hryzún ) , гризуне́ць m ( hryzunécʹ )
Uyghur: غاجىغۇچى ( ghajighuchi )
Uzbek: kemiruvchi (uz)
Vietnamese: gặm nhấm (vi) (𡄎𠰃 )
Welsh: cnofil (cy) m
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
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rodent (not comparable )
Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer. See also
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