| NOUN | animal | Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha | large more or less primitive rodents |
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| Meaning | large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.. | |
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| Synonym | suborder Sciuromorpha | |
| Member of | Rodentia, order Rodentia | small gnawing animals |
| Members | Aplodontiidae, family Aplodontiidae | mountain beavers |
| Castoridae, family Castoridae | beavers | |
| Geomyidae, family Geomyidae | North American pocket gophers | |
| Heteromyidae, family Heteromyidae | small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping | |
| Sciuridae, family Sciuridae | A mammal family of true squirrels including | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | esciúridos | |
| Catalan | esciúrids, Sciuromorpha | |
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