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Webster 1913 Edition
Sciuromorpha
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Sciˊu-ro-mor′pha
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
sciurus
squirrel + Gr. μορφή
form.] (Zool.)
A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
Definition 2024
Sciuromorpha
Sciuromorpha
Translingual
Proper noun
Sciuromorpha
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Rodentia – including squirrel-like rodents such as the mountain beaver, squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, dormice, etc..
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Aplodontiidae, Sciuridae, Gliridae - extant families