gnawer
nounUK /ˈnɔːə/ · US /ˈnɔəɹ/
Etymology From gnaw + -er.
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 (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- The Norway Rat is a good digger and a superb gnawer.1947, Lloyd Glenn Ingles, Mammals of California, Stanford University Press, page 182: