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gnawer

noun
/ˈnɔːə/UK/ˈnɔəɹ/US

Etymology

From gnaw + -er.

  1. derived from *gʰnēgʰ-✻ — “to gnaw, scratch”
  2. inherited from *gnaganą✻ — “to gnaw”
  3. inherited from *gnagan✻
  4. inherited from gnagan
  5. inherited from gnawen
  6. formed as gnawer — “gnaw + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who gnaws.

    • South America is characterized by possessing many peculiar gnawers […].
    • The Norway Rat is a good digger and a superb gnawer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gnawer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA