- sigmodont
- \\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: sigma + -odont: having bituberculate molars — used of a rodent
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Sigmodont — Sig mo*dont, n. [Gr. ??? sigma (?) + ???, ???, a tooth.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of a tribe ({Sigmodontes}) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sigmodont — sig·mo·dont … English syllables
Sigmodontes — Sigmodont Sig mo*dont, n. [Gr. ??? sigma (?) + ???, ???, a tooth.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of a tribe ({Sigmodontes}) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lundomys — molitor Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent Lectotype partial cranium of Lundomys molitor. The illus … Wikipedia
Eligmodontia — Taxobox name = Gerbil mice fossil range = Late Pleistocene to Recent regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Eutheria superordo = Euarchontoglires ordo = Rodentia subordo = Myomorpha superfamilia = Muroidea familia … Wikipedia
Oryzomyini — Temporal range: Pleistocene – Recent Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
