family sciuridae
English Thesaurus
1. a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mammal family, |
| definition | : | a family of mammals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | squirrel, |
| definition | : | a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus sciurus, sciurus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus tamiasciurus, tamiasciurus, |
| definition | : | American red squirrels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | citellus, genus citellus, genus spermophilus, spermophilus, |
| definition | : | typical ground squirrels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cynomys, genus cynomys, |
| definition | : | prairie dogs (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus tamias, tamias, |
| definition | : | chipmunks of eastern North America (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | eutamias, genus eutamias, |
| definition | : | chipmunks of western America and Asia (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus glaucomys, glaucomys, |
| definition | : | New World flying squirrels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus marmota, marmota, |
| definition | : | marmots (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | petauristidae, subfamily petauristidae, |
| definition | : | Old World flying squirrels (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha, |
| definition | : | large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. (noun.animal) |
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