rodent vs Sigmodon hispidus

Sigmodon hispidus vs rodent

rodent and Sigmodon hispidus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rodent	Yes	No	No	No
Sigmodon hispidus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Sigmodon hispidus is a hyponym of rodent; that is, Sigmodon hispidus 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
Sigmodon hispidus: destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America

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, 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, Lagostomus maximus, viscacha, abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla, mole rat, mole rat, sand rat.

rodent (noun)	Sigmodon hispidus (noun)
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing	destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America

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