sciuroid

Definitions


[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Of, relating to, or resembling (that of) squirrels. Compare sciurid, sciurine.

- Of a part of a plant: curved like a squirrel's tail.


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Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Sciurus, genus name + -oid


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Chiefly . A sciuroid rodent.


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Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Sciurus, genus name + -oid




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