rodent vs Lagostomus maximus

Lagostomus maximus vs rodent

rodent and Lagostomus maximus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rodent	Yes	No	No	No
Lagostomus maximus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Lagostomus maximus is a hyponym of rodent; that is, Lagostomus maximus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rodent:

rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Lagostomus maximus: gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas

Other hyponyms of rodent include mouse, rat, murine, water rat, New World mouse, muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica, Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, round-tailed muskrat, cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, wood-rat, wood rat, hamster, gerbil, gerbille, lemming, hedgehog, porcupine, jumping mouse, jerboa, dormouse, squirrel, prairie dog, prairie marmot, marmot, beaver, Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver, sewellel, cavy, Dolichotis patagonum, mara, capibara, capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, agouti, Dasyprocta aguti, Cuniculus paca, paca, mountain paca, coypu, Myocastor coypus, nutria, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha, chinchillon, viscacha, abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla, mole rat, mole rat, sand rat.

rodent (noun)	Lagostomus maximus (noun)
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing	gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas

Difference between rodent and Lagostomus maximus

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