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caviomorphs

caviomorphs is the plural of caviomorph.

Meaning of caviomorph

Noun

caviomorph (plural caviomorphs)

  1. Any rodent of the infraorder (sometimes parvorder) Caviomorpha, that unites all South American hystricognaths.
    • Cavies are caviomorphs. Caviomorphs are tailless South American rodents that are characterized by having one pair of mammae (teats), four digits on the forefoot, and three digits on the hind foot, as well as special anatomical features of the head and jaws.2003, Sharon Lynn Vanderlip, The Guinea Pig Handbook, page 11

Questions about caviomorphs

What is caviomorphs the plural of?
Caviomorphs is the plural of caviomorph.

Words near caviomorphs in the dictionary

  1. Cavinte
  2. Cavinti
  3. cavioid
  4. cavioids
  5. caviomorph
  6. caviomorphs
  7. Cavish
  8. Cavit
  9. cavital
  10. cavitand
  11. cavitands

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