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Sciuridae

noun

a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles

• Syn: ↑family Sciuridae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuromorpha, ↑suborder Sciuromorpha

• Member Meronyms:

↑squirrel, ↑Sciurus, ↑genus Sciurus, ↑Tamiasciurus, ↑genus Tamiasciurus, ↑Citellus, ↑genus Citellus, ↑Spermophilus, ↑genus Spermophilus, ↑Cynomys, ↑genus Cynomys, ↑Tamias, ↑genus Tamias, ↑Eutamias, ↑genus Eutamias, ↑Glaucomys, ↑genus Glaucomys, ↑Marmota, ↑genus Marmota, ↑Petauristidae, ↑subfamily Petauristidae

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\\-rəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sciurus, type genus + -idae

: a nearly cosmopolitan family of sciuromorph rodents consisting of the true squirrels, ground squirrels, marmots, and related rodents

Useful english dictionary. 2012.