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Word: Sciurid
Speech Type: Noun
early 20th century. From scientific Latin Sciurus, genus name + -id, after scientific Latin Sciuridae, family name
Any of numerous rodents constituting the family Sciuridae, which comprises the true squirrels (tree squirrels, flying squirrels, ground squirrels, marmots, and related forms); a squirrel.
Word: Sciurid
Speech Type: Adjective
Of or relating to squirrels or the family Sciuridae; characteristic of sciurids.
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