order Rodentia

order Rodentia
noun
small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
Syn: ↑Rodentia
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria
Member Meronyms:

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