Ro"dent, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Rodentia.
||Ro*den"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Rodent, a.] (Zoöl.) An order of
||mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw,
||distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots,
||and beavers belong to this order.
The incisor teeth are long, curved, and strongly enameled on the
outside, so as to keep a cutting edge. They have a persistent pulp and
grow continuously.
||Ro*de"o (?), n. [SP., a going round.] A round-up. See Round-up.
||[Western U.S.]