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rodent

noun as in mammal of order Rodentia

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Tye began using optogenetics in rodents to trace the neural circuits involved in emotion, motivation, and social behaviors.

When rodents and monkeys face early-life adversity, the HPA axis gets thrown off-kilter.

It was the rodent equivalent of a human’s nice home and family.

Similarly, observations of rodents exposed to radiation suggest that space radiation impairs cognitive function, researchers reported in a review article in the May 2019 Life Sciences in Space Research.

Hungry rodents now might be forced into the open in search of meals.

She paints the current rodent situation as more than a foul inconvenience, and one that is a particular blight on poorer areas.

Or once in a while the rodent will spread infection by biting causing a disease called, chillingly enough, rat bite fever.

Up to 10,000 campers at Yosemite National Park may have been exposed to a deadly rodent-borne illness.

Aëtius differentiates phagedenic and rodent ulcers and cancer.

Being at some distance I supposed it to be one of the rodent animals, and I fired at it.

To my surprise he took a little stove from under his arm, lighted a fire, and in a few minutes had the rodent roasted to a crisp.

They were still as fast, still with the same anti-rodent disposition, but they were no longer small.

She had a shock of bright pink hair and a sharp, rodent-like face, with big sunglasses that were practically air-force goggles.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rodent, such as: guinea pig, cavia porcellus, cavy, chinchilla, beaver, and mouse.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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