rodents
- plural of rodent.
Example Sentences
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Rodents are another key part of the cycle.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Rodents can harm people through bites and scratches as well as their urine, droppings and fleas.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Rodents also damage irrigation equipment and other infrastructure in the orchards.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
Rodents, rabbits, koalas, horses, rhinoceroses and elephants are all hind-gut fermenters – animals that have simple, single-chambered stomachs and rely on microbes in their intestines to extract nutrients from high-fiber food.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024
Rodents and other small mammals domesticated for food included the rabbit in Europe, the guinea pig in the Andes, a giant rat in West Africa, and possibly a rodent called the hutia on Caribbean islands.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
