noun
Meaning 1
One who gnaws.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gnawer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːə/
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General-American: /ˈnɔəɹ/
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rhymes with -ɔːə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rodent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
Narrower terms: mouse, rat, murine, water rat, New World mouse, muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica, round-tailed muskrat, Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, wood rat, wood-rat, hamster, gerbil, gerbille, lemming, porcupine, hedgehog, jumping mouse, jerboa, dormouse, squirrel, prairie dog, prairie marmot, marmot, beaver, mountain beaver, sewellel, Aplodontia rufa, cavy, mara, Dolichotis patagonum, capybara, capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, agouti, Dasyprocta aguti, paca, Cuniculus paca, mountain paca, coypu, nutria, Myocastor coypus, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha, viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus, abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla, mole rat, sand rat
History
Etymology
From gnaw + -er.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: гризач (grizač) — one who gnaws
- Danish: gnaver — one who gnaws
- Dutch: knaagdier — one who gnaws
- German: Nager — one who gnaws
- Ancient Greek: τρώκτης (trṓktēs) — one who gnaws
- Russian: грызу́н (gryzún) — one who gnaws
- Serbo-Croatian: глодар — one who gnaws
- Serbo-Croatian: glodar — one who gnaws
- Swedish: gnagare — one who gnaws