gnawer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈnɔəɹ/ (General-American)
- /ˈnɔːə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From gnaw + -er.
Meanings
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One who gnaws.
The Norway Rat is a good digger and a superb gnawer.
1947, Lloyd Glenn Ingles, Mammals of California, Stanford University Press, page 182:South America is characterized by possessing many peculiar gnawers […].
1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, chapter VII, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnawers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
sh glodar (one who gnaws) · de Nager (one who gnaws) · grc τρώκτης (one who gnaws) · nl knaagdier (one who gnaws) · sv gnagare (one who gnaws) · bg гризач (one who gnaws) · ru грызу́н (one who gnaws) · sh глодар (one who gnaws) · da gnaver (one who gnaws)