鼠そ族ぞく

noun

rodents

A somewhat formal or literary term for rodents as a group, often used in biological or zoological contexts.

• 鼠そ族ぞくは世せ界かい中じゅうに広ひろく分ぶん布ぷしている。

  Rodents are widely distributed throughout the world.

• この地ち域いきでは鼠そ族ぞくによる農のう作さく物ぶつの被ひ害がいが深しん刻こくだ。

  In this region, damage to crops by rodents is serious.