Gnawing

  • 121corrode — verb (corroded; corroding) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin corrodere to gnaw to pieces, from com + rodere to gnaw more at rodent Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing; especially to wear away… …

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  • 122corrosion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin corrosion , corrosio act of gnawing, from Latin corrodere Date: 14th century 1. the action, process, or effect of corroding 2. a product of corroding …

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  • 123lagomorph — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek lagōs hare + morphē form Date: 1882 any of an order (Lagomorpha) of gnawing herbivorous mammals having two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw one behind the other and comprising the rabbits, hares, and pikas …

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  • 124remorse — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Late Latin, act of biting again, from Latin remordēre to bite again, from re + mordēre to bite more at mordant Date: 14th century 1. a gnawing distress… …

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  • 125rodent — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin rodent , rodens, present participle of rodere to gnaw; akin to Latin radere to scrape, scratch, Sanskrit radati he gnaws Date: 1835 1. any of an order (Rodentia) of relatively small gnawing mammals (as a… …

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  • 126rodent ulcer — noun Etymology: Latin rodent , rodens gnawing Date: 1853 a chronic persisting ulcer of the exposed skin and especially of the face that is destructive locally, spreads slowly, and is usually a carcinoma derived from basal cells …

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  • 127fret — I. verb (fretted; fretting) Etymology: Middle English, to devour, fret, from Old English fretan to devour; akin to Old High German frezzan to devour, ezzan to eat more at eat Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to eat or gnaw into ; corr …

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  • 128Виноградов Борис Степанович — [25.3(6.4).1891, Вольск, ‒ 10.7.1958, Ленинград], советский зоолог, специалист в области морфологии, сравнительной анатомии, палеонтологии, экологии и зоогеографии грызунов, доктор биологических наук (1934), профессор (1939). Окончил… …

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