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sciurid

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[sahy-yoor-id, sahy-yer-id] / saɪˈyʊər ɪd, ˈsaɪ yər ɪd /

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.

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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