the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun-plural. 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 Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An order of ineducabilian placental diphyodont Mammalia; the gnawers.
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n. small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
Word Usage
"I gained some 20-odd friends yesterday over my misadventures in rodentia."