Ctenomyid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ctenomyid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae.
Example Sentences
Ctenomyids first appear in the late Miocene of South America.
Foraging by geomyids and ctenomyids is more generalized in that all portions of plants may be consumed.
New adaptive radiations of small fossorial rodents followed, including crice- tids in the Pliocene and spalacids and ctenomyids primarily in the Pleistocene.
Word Forms
- ctenomyids
Synonyms for ctenomyid
Depending on context, synonyms include tuco-tuco.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ctenodactylid, ctenodactyloid, ctenid, ctenizid, ctenostylid, ctenosauriscid.
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