Any of the relatively small placental mammals that constitute the order Rodentia, having constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
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1 Arenaviruses are rodent - borne agents of diseases, including potentially lethal human hemorrhagic fevers.
2 Mr. Smith you rest in peace completely free of any rodent threat.
3 Little is known, however, about the invasion machinery of rodent malaria parasites.
4 A new cat-sized rodent has been discovered on the Caribbean island Hispaniola.
5 Consistently, rodent models carrying mutations in clock genes also demonstrate similar phenotypes.
1 I endured the sound for a time; then shooed to scare the gnawing animal away.
2 It is a rodent, or gnawing animal .
3 They are very curious and valuable; one head belonged to some gnawing animal , but of the size of a Hippopotamus!
4 Corpses so terribly maimed that coffins had been kept covered; faces mutilated as if by some gnawing animal ...
1 Hence the name of Processionary given to the gnawer of the pine.
2 Known as the Mind - gnawer among the clans of the northern Odhan.
3 The greatest expert in this work is the Dermestes beetle, an enthusiastic gnawer of animal remains.
4 They are inveterate gnawers , and spend much of their time in trees gnawing the bark.
5 He would consign no one to the bone - gnawers and gravel-maggots, not even a filthy jawa.
6 Now all these gnawers can be recognized by their leavings, such as crumbs and worm holes.
7 They are great gnawers , and will gnaw your house down if you do not look out.
8 Let not the gnawers of the world, the rodentia, despise the winged creatures of the upper air.
9 House People do not realize that those gnawers are the greatest enemies that the Wise Watchers keep in check.
10 These animals are great gnawers .
11 I clear the fields of mice and other gnawers , besides spiders, grasshoppers, and snails; while as a frog-lover, I am a veritable Frenchman.
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