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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

rodens

-entis

, p. pr. of

rodere

to gnaw. See

Verb.

, and cf.

Gnawing; biting; corroding;

(Med.)

applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

(Zool.)

(a)

Gnawing.

(b)

Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.

Noun.

(Zool.)

One of the Rodentia.

See also: rodent

rôdent