Sciuromorpha
plural noun
Sci·uro·mor·pha
Definition of Sciuromorpha
: a suborder or formerly a superfamily of Rodentia comprising relatively large more or less primitive forms (as the squirrels, marmots, gophers, beavers, and related rodents) — compare hystricomorpha, myomorpha
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Origin and Etymology of sciuromorpha
New Latin, from Greek skiouros squirrel + New Latin -morpha — more at squirrel
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