Meanings
noungnawer (plural gnawers)
plural gnawers
- One who gnaws.
The Norway Rat is a good digger and a superb gnawer.
1947, Lloyd Glenn Ingles, Mammals of California, Stanford University Press, page 1821 more example
South America is characterized by possessing many peculiar gnawers […].
1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter VII, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounrelatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek τρώκτης
- τρώκτης (trṓktēs)one who gnaws
Bulgarian гризач
- гризач (grizač)one who gnaws
Danish gnaver
- gnaverone who gnaws
Dutch knaagdier
- knaagdierone who gnaws
German Nager
- Nagerone who gnaws
Russian грызу́н
- грызу́н (gryzún)one who gnaws
Swedish gnagare
- gnagareone who gnaws
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APA
gnawer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnawer
MLA
“gnawer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnawer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gnawer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnawer.
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