Definition for RO-DEN'TIA

RO-DEN'TIA, n. [L. rodo, to gnaw.]

Gnawers; an order of mammals having two large incisor teeth in both jaws, separated from the molar teeth by an empty space. The rat and mouse, the squirrel, the marmot, the musk-rat and the beaver, belong to this order.

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