Rodentia
(||Ro*den"ti*a) n. pl. [NL. See Rodent, a.] (Zoöl.) An order of mammals having two (rarely
four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots,
and beavers belong to this order.
The incisor teeth are long, curved, and strongly enameled on the outside, so as to keep a cutting edge.
They have a persistent pulp and grow continuously.
Rodeo
(||Ro*de"o) n. [SP., a going round.] A round-up. See Round-up. [Western U.S.]
Rodge
(Rodge) n. (Zoöl.) The gadwall. [Prov. Eng.]
Rodomel
(Rod"o*mel) n. [Gr. rose + honey.] Juice of roses mixed with honey. Simmonds.
Rodomont
(Rod"o*mont) n. [F. rodomont, It. rodomonte, fr. Rodomonte, Rodamonte, a boasting
hero in the "Orlando Furioso" of Ariosto, and the "Orlando Innamorato" of Bojardo; properly, one who rolls
away mountains; Prov. It. rodare to roll away (fr. L. rota a wheel) + It. monte a mountain, L. mons.
See Rotary, Mount, n.] A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio. Sir T. Herbert.
Rodomont
(Rod"o*mont), a. Bragging; vainly boasting.
Rodomontade
(Rod`o*mon*tade") n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.] Vain boasting; empty
bluster or vaunting; rant.
I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible.
Dryden. Rodomontade
(Rod`o*mon*tade"), v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
Rodomontadist
(Rod`o*mon*tad"ist) n. One who boasts.
Rodomontado
(Rod`o*mon*ta"do) n. Rodomontade.
Rodomontador
(Rod`o*mon*ta"dor) n. A rodomontadist.
Rodsman
(Rods"man) n.; pl. Rodsmen One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying
party. G. W. Cable.
Rody
(Ro"dy) a. Ruddy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Roe
(Roe) n. [OE. ro, AS. rah; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel. ra, SW. rå.] (Zoöl.) (a) A roebuck. See
Roebuck. (b) The female of any species of deer.
Roe
(Roe), n. [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG. rogan, Icel. hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn,
Sw. rom; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. pebble, Skr. arkara gravel.]
1. (Zoöl.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes.
Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.
2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
Roebuck
(Roe"buck`) n. [1st roe + buck.] (Zoöl.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capræa)
having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is
very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.
Roed
(Roed) a. (Zoöl.) Filled with roe.
Roedeer
(Roe"deer`) n. (Zoöl.) The roebuck.
