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glirine

glirine adjective: relating to animals the Linnaean order Glires.

Adjective

glirine (comparative more glirine, superlative most glirine)

  1. Relating to animals the Linnaean order Glires.
  2. Relating to animals of the recently recognized clade Glires.

Synonyms of glirine

Forms of glirine

comparativemore glirine
superlativemost glirine

Origin of glirine

From Latin glis (“dormouse”).

Questions about glirine

What does glirine mean?
Glirine means relating to animals the Linnaean order Glires.
What part of speech is glirine?
Glirine is an adjective.

Words near glirine in the dictionary

  1. gliraria
  2. glirarium
  3. glirid
  4. glirids
  5. gliriform
  6. glirine
  7. gliroid
  8. gliroids
  9. Glis
  10. glisentide
  11. glisindamide

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