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SCIUROMORPHA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
Synonyms:
Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sciuromorpha" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Sciuromorpha"):
family Heteromyidae; Heteromyidae (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats)
family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
Castoridae; family Castoridae (beavers)
Aplodontiidae; family Aplodontiidae (mountain beavers)
Holonyms ("Sciuromorpha" is a member of...):
order Rodentia; Rodentia (small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis)
