HyperDic: gnawing_mammal

English > 1 sense of the expression gnawing mammal:
NOUNanimalgnawing mammal, lagomorphrelative large gnawing animals
English > gnawing mammal: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningrelative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing.
Synonymlagomorph
Member ofLagomorpha, order Lagomorpharabbits
NarrowerDuplicidentataIn former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha
leporid, leporid mammalrabbits and hares
pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, conysmall short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Spanishlagomorfo
Catalanlagomorf

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