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Noun: gnawer  no-u(r)
  1. Relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
    - rodent

Derived forms: gnawers

Type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

Part of: order Rodentia, Rodentia

Encyclopedia: Gnawer