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

History and Etymology for Sciuromorpha

New Latin, from Greek skiouros squirrel + New Latin -morpha

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