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gnawer

  • a word derived from gnaw.

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They also trapped five strange mice with sharp noses, beady eyes and long claws, more a digger than a gnawer type of creature.

From Time Magazine Archive

“If you add up all the players in the prophecy, two over, two under, two fliers, two crawlers, two spinners, one gnawer, and one lost, you have twelve,” said Vikus gravely.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

“No. I thought ‘one gnawer beside’ meant a rat would be tracking us, perhaps even chasing us.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

One gnawer beside and one lost up ahead.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

The greatest expert in this work is the Dermestes beetle, an enthusiastic gnawer of animal remains.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander