Grasscutter

/ˈɡræskʌtər/ noun

Definition

A person or machine that cuts grass; also a West African rodent that feeds on grasses and leaves.

Etymology

From grass + cutter (one who cuts); combines agent noun suffix with a compound noun, or independently refers to the rodent Thryonomys swinderianus.

Kelly Says

The same word means completely different things—a human with a lawnmower versus a nocturnal rodent the size of a rabbit—showing how language reuses words for unrelated concepts that share functional similarity.

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