RODENTS Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word rodents. (close relations)
Definition of RODENTS
rodent
Best Alternative Words for RODENTS
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porcupines | nounn | |||||||
noun • meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce | ||||||||
beavers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a native or resident of Oregon • the soft brown fur of the beaver • a full beard • a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur • a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face • a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) • large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges verb • work hard on something | ||||||||
capybaras | nounn | |||||||
noun • pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | ||||||||
chipmunks | nounn | |||||||
noun • a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body | ||||||||
gerbils | nounn | |||||||
noun • small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping | ||||||||
gophers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) • a native or resident of Minnesota • any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops • burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America • burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America | ||||||||
hamsters | nounn | |||||||
noun • short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches | ||||||||
lemmings | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution | ||||||||
mice | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails • a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye • person who is quiet or timid • a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad verb • to go stealthily or furtively • manipulate the mouse of a computer | ||||||||
muskrats | nounn | |||||||
noun • the brown fur of a muskrat • beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur | ||||||||
rats | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse • someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike • a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority • a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure verb • desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage • employ scabs or strike breakers in • take the place of work of someone on strike • give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat • catch rats, especially with dogs • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
shrews | nounn | |||||||
noun • a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman • small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | ||||||||
squirrels | nounn | |||||||
noun • a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail • the fur of a squirrel | ||||||||
voles | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows | ||||||||
gnawer | nounn | |||||||
noun • relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |