ctenomyid
ctenomyid noun: any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae.
Noun
ctenomyid (plural ctenomyids)
- Any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae.
- New adaptive radiations of small fossorial rodents followed, including crice- tids in the Pliocene and spalacids and ctenomyids primarily in the Pleistocene.1979, Richard F. Johnston, Peter W. Frank, Charles Duncan Michener, Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, volume 10, page 271
- Foraging by geomyids and ctenomyids is more generalized in that all portions of plants may be consumed.2000, Cristina Busch, C. Daniel Antinuchi, J. Cristina del Valle, Marcelo J. Kittlein, Ana I. Malizia, Aldo I. Vassallo, Roxana R. Zenuto, “Chapter 5: Population Ecology of Subterranean Rodents”, in...
- Synonyms:
- tuco-tuco
Synonyms of ctenomyid
Forms of ctenomyid
| plural | ctenomyids |
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Questions about ctenomyid
- What does ctenomyid mean?
- Ctenomyid means any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae.
- What part of speech is ctenomyid?
- Ctenomyid is a noun.
- What is the plural of ctenomyid?
- The plural of ctenomyid is ctenomyids.
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