sciurid

adj.

Of, belonging to, or resembling the Sciuridae, a family of rodents that includes the squirrels and related mammals.

n.

A sciurid rodent.

[From New Latin Sciūridae, family name, from Latin sciūrus, squirrel. See squirrel.]

sciurine sci'u·rine (-rīn') adj.
sciuroid sci'u·roid (sī'yʊ-roid', sī-yʊr'oid) adj.

/sI yoo RINE/  (also sciurid, -roid)  of or pertaining to the squirrel family of rodents