Sciuroid

Quick meaning: Sciuroid is a noun meaning Any rodent from the family Sciuridae.

Meaning

Any rodent from the family Sciuridae.

More Meanings

1. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the taxonomic family Sciuridae.
2. (botany) Resembling the tail of a squirrel, as branches which are close and dense, or spikes of grass like barley.

Example Sentences

These findings are contrary to the opinion that sciuroids are relatively archaic forms, based on their cuspidate dentition.

A sciuroid rodent to farmers well known— He is rather destructive to crops— Is apposite, novel and ready to hand As arms of the "Issue of Ops"

In overall habitus, Maiopatagium is most comparable with the sciuroid gliding rodents with similar proportions of the propatagium, plagiopatagium, and uropatagium (Fig. 6.25).

In studying the early development of the sciuroid rodent Citellus the writer noted the following described conditions which may be of interest to investigators working on that yet unsolved problem of the origin of the vascular system.

Word Forms

• sciuroids

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sciuromorphous, scincoid, suiform, soricine, scutiferous, sauroid.

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