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Gnaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gnaw is a Sharkticon, in the fictional Transformers universe. Gnaw was one of the Sharkticons seen in the planet Quintessa that captured Hot Rod. Gnaw was intended to be a generic Sharkticon soldier....
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Gnawing - Definition of Gnawing at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Gnawing. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. ... Use gnawing in a Sentence...
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Flash Player Required ... Learn more about "gnawing" ... Learn more about "gnawing" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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The back and forth movement of the jaws during gnawing rapidly wears away the softer dentin on the interior surface of the incisor more so than the hard enamel on the labial side. As a result, a sharp, chisel-like edge is formed.
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gnawing adjective Marked by severity or intensity: acute , knifelike , lancinating , piercing , sharp , shooting , stabbing ... Thesaurus: gnawing...
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p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.]; [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]; 1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed;
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to bite or chew with a scraping movement The dog was gnawing a large bone; The mice have gnawed holes in the walls of this room. ... adj gnawing ... b. To produce by gnawing: gnaw a hole. See Synonyms at bite.
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Learn more about reptiles. Check out our reptile animal section. ... These mammals are named rodent, which means "gnawing animal," because of their large incisor teeth and the way they eat. The two long pairs of incisors are used like chisels to gnaw on hard foods like nuts and wood.
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Parakeets and Cuttlebones - The Gnawing Instinct ... The birds naturally start gnawing on it when they want to trim their beaks. In the wild they would use all sorts of other natural items to do this sanding, but in a bird cage you have undoubtedly removed all of those nasty sorts of harsh materials.
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