what are rodents
full definition of rodent 1 any of an order rodentia of relatively small gnawing mammals as a mouse squirrel or beaver that have in both jaws a single pair of incisors with a chisel shaped edge 2 a small mammal as a rabbit or a shrew other than a true rodentrodent adjectiveny of an order rodentia of relatively small gnawing mammals as a mouse squirrel or beaver that have in both jaws a single pair of incisors with a chisel shaped edge 2 a small mammal as a rabbit or a shrew other than a true rodent rodent adjective