English > gnawing mammal: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing. |
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Synonym | lagomorph |
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Member of | Lagomorpha, order Lagomorpha | rabbits |
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Narrower | Duplicidentata | In former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha |
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leporid, leporid mammal | rabbits and hares |
pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America |
Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
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Spanish | lagomorfo |
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Catalan | lagomorf |
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