sciurid

[sahy-yoor-id, sahy-yer-id]

noun

1. a squirrel or other rodent of the family Sciuridae.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to squirrels or the family Sciuridae of rodents.

Example Sentences

Sciūrop′terus, one of two genera of flying squirrels; Sciū′rus, a genus of Sciurid�, the arboreal squirrels.

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Sciurid�, sī-ū′ri-dē, n. a family of rodent mammals containing the squirrels and their allies.—adjs.

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Pteromys, ter′ō-mis, n. a genus of Sciurid�, the flying-squirrels.

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The baculum in Glaucomys is the most distinctive of that of any American sciurid.

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