Pacarana vs. Rodent

Pacarananoun

A large, rare, slow-moving rodent, Dinomys branickii, with a thick, furry tail, native to South America, the second-largest rodent after the capybara.

Rodentnoun

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

Pacarana

The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving hystricognath rodent indigenous to South America. Native Tupi people call it the pacarana (false paca) because it is superficially similar to the paca, a different rodent which is not in the same family.

Rodentnoun

A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence; lamer.

Rodentadjective

Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

Rodentadjective

Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

Rodentadjective

Gnawing.

Rodentnoun

One of the Rodentia.

Rodentnoun

relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents.