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rodentia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rodentia has 1 sense
- rodentia(n = noun.animal) order rodentia - small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of eutheria, subclass eutheria
CIDE DICTIONARY
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. [1913 Webster]
" 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."
[1913 Webster]
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