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啮齿动物

niè chǐ dòng wù

4-character word Traditional 嚙齒動物

What 啮齿动物 means

1. rodent

The characters in 啮齿动物

• 啮nièto gnaw; to erode
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Example sentences

• 这两个民族都以鹿、小型猎物、啮齿动物甚至昆虫为生，但他们的主要食物来源可能是仙人掌、牧豆和山核桃等植物。
  Both peoples lived off deer, small game, rodents, and even insects, but their main food sources were probably plants such as prickly pear cactus, mesquite beans, and pecan.