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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rodent \Ro"dent\, adjective [L. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See {Rase}, verb (used with an object), and cf. {Rostrum}.]
1. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Gnawing. (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rodent \Ro"dent\, noun (Zo["o]l.) One of the Rodentia.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rodent
noun: relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing [syn: {gnawer}, {gnawing animal}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "rodent": amphibian, aquatic, biped, canine, cannibal, carnivore, cosmopolite, feline, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, mammal, mammalian, marsupial, marsupialian, mouselike, mousy, omnivore, primate, quadruped, ratty, reptile, rodential, ruminant, scavenger, ungulate, varmint, vermin, verminous, vertebrate
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