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Meaning of "sciuroid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCIUROID

From Latin sciūrus squirrel + -oid.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCIUROID

sciuroid  [ˈsaɪjʊrɔɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCIUROID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sciuroid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCIUROID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sciuroid in the English dictionary

The definition of sciuroid in the dictionary is resembling a squirrel. Other definition of sciuroid is shaped like a squirrel's tail.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCIUROID


android
ˈændrɔɪd
antithyroid
ˌæntɪˈθaɪrɔɪd
asteroid
ˈæstəˌrɔɪd
astroid
ˈæstrɔɪd
Aykroyd
ˈeɪkˌrɔɪd
centroid
ˈsɛntrɔɪd
chancroid
ˈʃæŋkrɔɪd
corticosteroid
ˌkɔːtɪkəʊˈstɪərɔɪd
erythroid
ɪˈrɪθrɔɪd
euthyroid
juːˈθaɪrɔɪd
Freud
frɔɪd
hemorrhoid
ˈhemərɔɪd
hyperthyroid
ˌhaɪpəˈθaɪrɔɪd
meteoroid
ˈmiːtɪəˌrɔɪd
Negroid
ˈniːɡrɔɪd
parathyroid
ˌpærəˈθaɪrɔɪd
Polaroid
ˈpəʊləˌrɔɪd
pyrethroid
paɪˈriːθrɔɪd
steroid
ˈstɪərɔɪd
thyroid
ˈθaɪrɔɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCIUROID

scissil
scissile
scission
scissiparity
scissor
scissor bill
scissor jump
scissor-like
scissorer
scissors
scissors jump
scissors kick
scissors-and-paste job
scissortail
scissorwise
scissure
scitamineous
sciurid
sciurine
sclaff

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCIUROID

anabolic steroid
aneroid
aroid
choroid
echiuroid
hydroid
hypothyroid
lemuroid
near-earth asteroid
neuroid
nonsteroid
ophiuroid
sang-froid
sauroid
siluroid
sparoid
spheroid
toroid
viroid
zebroid

Synonyms and antonyms of sciuroid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sciuroid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCIUROID

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Translator English - Chinese

sciuroid
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sciuroid
570 millions of speakers

English

sciuroid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sciuroid
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sciuroid
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sciuroid
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sciuroid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sciuroid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sciuroid
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sciuroid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sciuroid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sciuroid
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sciuroid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sciuroid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sciuroid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sciuroid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्किओरोइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sciuroid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sciuroid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sciuroid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sciuroid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sciuroid
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

sciuroid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sciuroid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sciuroid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sciuroid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sciuroid

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCIUROID»

The term «sciuroid» is normally little used and occupies the 133.803 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCIUROID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sciuroid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sciuroid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sciuroid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCIUROID»

Discover the use of sciuroid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sciuroid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... of the croaker family sciurine: squirrellike; sciuroid; spermophiline sciuroid: like a squirrel's tail or a squirrel scolopendrine: concerning centipedes scombroid: resembling the mackerel; scombrid selachian: sharklike silurid: concerning catfish; ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2003
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Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany: And ...
thin, dry, and membranaceous. Scattered: either sparse, or without apparent symmetry of arrangement. Schizaudreaa, 382. Scion : a shoot, especially one used for graftin . Sciuroid: liie a squirrel's tail. Sclerantheae, 396. Scle'rqqen : same as ...
Asa Gray, 1860
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic ...
McLaughlin, C. A. 1967. Aplodontoid, Sciuroid, Geomyoid, Castoroid, and Anomaluroid Rodents. Pp. 210-225, /// Recent Mammals of the World. A synopsis of families (S. Anderson andJ. K.Jones, Jr., eds.). Ronald Press Company, New York, ...
Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, 2005
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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Aplodontoid, sciuroid, geomyoid, castoroid, and anomaluroid rodents. In S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds. (q.v.), Recent mammals of the world: a synopsis of families, pp. 210-225. McManus, J. J. 1970. Behavior of captive opossums, ...
Edward O. Wilson, 2000
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Issues in Life Sciences: Cellular Biology: 2011 Edition
Is the sciuroid masticatory apparatus more effective for production of forces at the incisors during biting than the primitive, protrogomorph condition? To answer this question, three measures of mechanical ability were employed and three ...
‎2012
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Cenozoic Mammal Horizons of Western North America
Rodentia more numerous and diversified; the family relationships are uncertain, but include (a) with sciuroid teeth, 2 genera; (b) with arctomyoid teeth, 3 genera. Insect ivora more diversified, 4-6 families, including animals analogous to if not ...
Henry Fairfield Osborn, William Diller Matthew, 1909
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English Language Word Builder
... FERRYMAN GAVELMAN HOISTMAN LEADSMAN PENWOMAN PLATEMAN RADIOMAN SEEDSMAN SONARMAN STICKMAN TALLYMAN TREWSMAN WHEELMAN ARILLOID ELYTROID HYDATOID MUCINOID ONISCOID SCIUROID ...
Bob Jackman, 2012
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American English Spelling: An Informal Description
408 schuss. 408 schwa, 232, 408, 458 sciatic, 215; -a, 398 science, 146, 273, 398 scilicet, 398 scimitar, 427 scintilla, -ate, 398 sciolism, 398 s(c)irocco. See sirocco scirrhus. 398, 449 scissile, 398 scissors, 18, 223, 396, 398 sciuroid, 398 scivvy ...
D. W. Cummings, 1988
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The Chambers Dictionary
... genus Sciurus or family Sclur' Idae of rodents, incl the squirrels, marmots and chipmunks. — atlj of, belonging to or characteristic of Sciurus or the Sciuridae. — adj sciuroid (-Q '). — n Sdurop'terus (Gr pleron wing) a genus of flying squirrels.
Allied Chambers, 1998
10
Patrick White's The Eye of the Storm, Voss, and Other Novels
8. sciuroid nest . . 4. dray, drey shrew . . 4. tana 6. Tupaia skin . . 4. vair Spanish . . 7. ardilla squirrellike mammal ... 8. banxring, dormouse stab ... 4. gore, pang, pink 5. knife, knive, lunge, wound 6. attack, injury, pierce, thrust 7. poniard, slander ...
Herbert Reaske, 1977

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCIUROID»

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Groundhog Days: A (Chilly) Look Back
When everybody was congratulating himself that despite slush and “flu” weather it was at least an open Winter, along comes the sciuroid rodent known as the ... «New York Times, Feb 11»

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