Definition of Aplodontia rufa

1. Noun. Bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent.

Exact synonyms: Mountain Beaver, Sewellel
Generic synonyms: Gnawer, Rodent
Group relationships: Aplodontia, Genus Aplodontia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aplodontia Rufa

Apician
Apidae
Apios
Apios americana
Apios tuberosa
Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera adansonii
Apis mellifera scutellata
Apium
Apium graveolens
Apium graveolens dulce
Apium graveolens rapaceum
Aplectrum
Aplectrum hyemale
Aplodontia
Aplodontia rufa (current term)
Aplodontiidae
Aplysia
Aplysia punctata
Aplysiidae
Apocalypse
Apocalypses
Apocalypticism
Apocrypha
Apocryphal
Apocynaceae
Apocynum
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Apocynum cannabinum
Apocynum pumilum

Literary usage of Aplodontia rufa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"CH Superior dental formula '•, 0, 2, 3. P3 a small, well- developed cylindrical tooth as in Aplodontia rufa. P, with strongly developed ..."

2. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Aplodontia rufa MERRIAM, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 316. May, 1886. TYPE LOCALITY.—Neighborhood of the Columbia River, Oregon. ..."

3. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"... (Aplodontia rufa), were characterized by the great enlargement and complication of one of the grinding teeth in each jaw and the consequent reduction of ..."

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