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sciurid
[sahy-yoor-id, sahy-yer-id]
noun
a squirrel or other rodent of the family Sciuridae.
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to squirrels or the family Sciuridae of rodents.
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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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