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RODENTS Synonyms

There are 15 synonyms of the word rodents. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the word rodents. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For RODENTS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for rodents, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (7)
eutherian placental animals beings creatures mammals organisms
Phrases (2)
eutherian mammalplacental mammal

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