noun
a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
• Syn: ↑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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.