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myomorph Zool.|ˈmaɪəmɔːf|
[ad. mod.L. Myomorpha, f. Gr. µυ(ο)--, µῦς mouse + µορϕή shape.]
A rodent of the division Myomorpha (including mice, rats, dormice, etc.). So myoˈmorphic, -ˈmorphine adjs., belonging to or characteristic of these rodents.
187.Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 102 The Dormice..fall under the definition of the Myomorphic section. 1887A. Heilprin Distrib. Anim. 357 Of the non-murine families of myomorphs the dormice (Myoxidæ) and mole-rats (Spalacidæ) belong to the Old World exclusively. 1898Proc. Zool. Soc. 29 Nov. 860 In Dipus the incisors are capable of separation and approximation as in most myomorphine rodents. |