Sekirov Dictionary

sciuroid

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

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Of or pertaining to the taxonomic family Sciuridae.
- 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" — 1913
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Resembling the tail of a squirrel, as branches which are close and dense, or spikes of grass like barley.
- Plants dioceious, in habit comparable to Breutelia, Primary stem creeping, naked, secondary stems arcuate, sciuroid, simple, branching or producing stolons. — 1997

noun1

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Any rodent from the family Sciuridae.
- These findings are contrary to the opinion that sciuroids are relatively archaic forms, based on their cuspidate dentition. — 2013

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