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GNAWING MAMMAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
Synonyms:
gnawing mammal; lagomorph
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gnawing mammal" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gnawing mammal"):
Duplicidentata (in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals)
leporid; leporid mammal (rabbits and hares)
coney; cony; mouse hare; pika; rock rabbit (small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America)
Holonyms ("gnawing mammal" is a member of...):
Lagomorpha; order Lagomorpha (rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia)
