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| beaver1 |
an amphibious rodent with a thick brown pelt, a wide flat tail, and front teeth used as chisels to fell and strip small trees in the building of its damlike habitat. [1/3 definitions] |
| capybara |
a large tailless South American rodent that lives near water. |
| chinchilla |
a small South American rodent that resembles a squirrel. [1/4 definitions] |
| chipmunk |
a small, squirrel-like rodent with a striped back and bushy tail, found in North America and Asia. |
| exterminator |
a person or business employed to destroy insect or rodent pests in buildings. [1/2 definitions] |
| gopher |
a short-tailed burrowing rodent of North and Central America that has external cheek pouches; pocket gopher. [1/2 definitions] |
| guinea pig |
a small, tailless rodent, often domesticated as a pet or used in scientific experiments. [1/2 definitions] |
| muskrat |
a large North American rodent that lives in and near water and has a long, scaly tail, webbed hind feet, and a musky odor. [1/2 definitions] |
| pack rat |
a large, bushy-tailed, North American rodent known to gather and hide small objects in its nest. [1/2 definitions] |
| squirrel |
the fur of this rodent. [1/3 definitions] |
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