sciuroidadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsʌɪjᵿrɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˈsaɪ(j)əˌrɔɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Sciurus , -oid suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Sciurus, genus name (see sciurine adj.) + -oid suffix.In sense A. 2, perhaps after scientific Latin sciuroides, specific name in Festuca sciuroides (1787).

A. adj.

1. Zoology. Of, relating to, or resembling (that of) squirrels. Cf. sciurid adj., sciurine adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [adjective] > of or relating to rodents

rodent1830

rodential1832

rodentian1846

sciuroid1850

1850 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 540 In the enamel we find a further deviation from the Sciuroid type than was observed in the Marmots.

1909 Amer. Golfer Sept. 283/1 Other variations will suggest themselves to our readers who have made a study of sciuroid rodent life.

1953 Jrnl. Mammalogy 34 295 In fact the membranes and placenta of Aplodontia are distinctly sciuroid.

2010 Cells Tissues Organs 192 50/1 Is the sciuroid masticatory apparatus more effective for production of forces at the incisors?

2. Botany. Of a part of a plant: curved like a squirrel's tail. rare.

ΚΠ

1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. 548/1 Sciuroid, like a squirrel's tail.

1896 Bull Univ. Wisc.: Sci. Ser. 1 347 Stem elongate, irregularly divided or prolonged into sciuroid-curved obtuse branches.

1978 Brittonia 30 248 Sciuroid, curved and bushy as a squirrel's tail.

B. n.

Chiefly Palaeontology. A sciuroid rodent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun]

Rodentia1802

rodent1830

sciuromorph1877

sciuroid1937

1937 Trans. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 28 195 Titanotheriomys must be a case of a sciuroid exhibiting marvellous parallelism to Ischyromys.

1949 R. A. Wilson in R. A. Wilson et al. Some Tertiary Mammals & Birds N. Amer. ii. 39 In this feature, Paradjidaumo shows similarity to the pocket mice and myomorphs rather than to sciuroids and castoroids.

2000 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 267 398/1 The minimum divergence age for glirids, sciuroids, gundis and hystricognaths was in the Early Eocene.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sciuroid
释义	sciuroidadj.n. Brit. /ˈsʌɪjᵿrɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈsaɪ(j)əˌrɔɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Sciurus , -oid suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Sciurus, genus name (see sciurine adj.) + -oid suffix.In sense A. 2, perhaps after scientific Latin sciuroides, specific name in Festuca sciuroides (1787). A. adj. 1. Zoology. Of, relating to, or resembling (that of) squirrels. Cf. sciurid adj., sciurine adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [adjective] > of or relating to rodents rodent1830 rodential1832 rodentian1846 sciuroid1850 1850 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 540 In the enamel we find a further deviation from the Sciuroid type than was observed in the Marmots. 1909 Amer. Golfer Sept. 283/1 Other variations will suggest themselves to our readers who have made a study of sciuroid rodent life. 1953 Jrnl. Mammalogy 34 295 In fact the membranes and placenta of Aplodontia are distinctly sciuroid. 2010 Cells Tissues Organs 192 50/1 Is the sciuroid masticatory apparatus more effective for production of forces at the incisors? 2. Botany. Of a part of a plant: curved like a squirrel's tail. rare. ΚΠ 1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. 548/1 Sciuroid, like a squirrel's tail. 1896 Bull Univ. Wisc.: Sci. Ser. 1 347 Stem elongate, irregularly divided or prolonged into sciuroid-curved obtuse branches. 1978 Brittonia 30 248 Sciuroid, curved and bushy as a squirrel's tail. B. n. Chiefly Palaeontology. A sciuroid rodent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] Rodentia1802 rodent1830 sciuromorph1877 sciuroid1937 1937 Trans. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 28 195 Titanotheriomys must be a case of a sciuroid exhibiting marvellous parallelism to Ischyromys. 1949 R. A. Wilson in R. A. Wilson et al. Some Tertiary Mammals & Birds N. Amer. ii. 39 In this feature, Paradjidaumo shows similarity to the pocket mice and myomorphs rather than to sciuroids and castoroids. 2000 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 267 398/1 The minimum divergence age for glirids, sciuroids, gundis and hystricognaths was in the Early Eocene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1850
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