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gnawer

/ˈnɔːə/US/ˈnɔəɹ/

gnawer noun: one who gnaws.

Noun

gnawer (plural gnawers)

  1. One who gnaws.
    • 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...
    • The Norway Rat is a good digger and a superb gnawer.1947, Lloyd Glenn Ingles, Mammals of California, Stanford University Press, page 182

Forms of gnawer

pluralgnawers

Origin of gnawer

From gnaw + -er.

Questions about gnawer

What does gnawer mean?
Gnawer means one who gnaws.
What part of speech is gnawer?
Gnawer is a noun.
How do you pronounce gnawer?
Gnawer is pronounced /ˈnɔːə/ (UK).
What is the plural of gnawer?
The plural of gnawer is gnawers.

Words near gnawer in the dictionary

  1. Gnawa
  2. gnawable
  3. Gnawas
  4. gnawed
  5. gnawed someone's vitals
  6. gnawer
  7. gnawers
  8. gnawest
  9. gnaweth
  10. gnawing
  11. gnawing someone's vitals

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