GNAWER Synonyms

• relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

• pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent

• a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body

• small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping

• short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches

• relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

• small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines

• any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution

• stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the Northern Hemisphere; hibernates in winter

• any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

• a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

• person who is quiet or timid

• a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad

• to go stealthily or furtively

• manipulate the mouse of a computer

• the brown fur of a muskrat

• beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur

• relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

• any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

• the fur of a rabbit

• flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

• hunt rabbits

• any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

• someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority

• a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

• desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

• employ scabs or strike breakers in

• take the place of work of someone on strike

• give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

• catch rats, especially with dogs

• give away information about somebody

• a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail

• the fur of a squirrel

• any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy; often kept as a pet and widely used in research