Definition of Sciurid

1. a sciurine [n -S] - See also: sciurine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciurid

scissorsbill
scissorstail
scissorstails
scissortail
scissortailed flycatcher
scissortails
scissorwise
scissura
scissura pilorum
scissure
scissures
scita
scitamineous
scituate
scituation
sciurid (current term)
sciuridae
sciurids
sciurine
sciurines
sciuroid
sciuromorpha
sciurus
scizorhinal
sclaffed
sclaffer
sclaffers
sclaffing
sclaffs

Literary usage of Sciurid

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

1. The Mammals of India: A Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1874)
"sciurid.E, Squirrels. Quasi-incisors smooth, compressed ; molars usually 7—7 or T—7 ; <j 5 ^ ^ enamelled continuously, or complex, and furnished with roots. ..."

2. The Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin by Charles Barney Cory (1912)
"Tail thickly haired and more or less bushy. Family sciurid^E. Squirrels, Woodchucks, etc., p.. GROUP 2. ... Family sciurid/K. Squirrels, Woodchucks, etc. ..."

3. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter (1857)
"In the sciurid.E, or Squirrel tribe, the tail is large and bushy; and the molar teeth are four on each side, with a fifth in the upper jaw, which soon drops ..."

4. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Sweetland Dallas (1866)
"In the sciurid.E, or Squirrel tribe, the tail is large and bushy; and the molar teeth are four on each side, with a fifth in the upper jaw, which soon drops ..."

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