| 单词 | sciuroid |
| 释义 | sciuroid in British English (ˈsaɪjʊrɔɪd, saɪˈjʊərɔɪd) adjective 1. (of an animal) resembling a squirrel 2. (esp of the spikes of barley) shaped like a squirrel's tail Word origin C19: from Latin sciūrus squirrel + -oidsciuroid in American English (saiˈjurɔid) adjective 1. sciurine 2. Botany resembling a squirrel's tail, as the spikes of certain grasses Word origin [1890–95; ‹ L sciūr(us) squirrel + -oid]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bootstrap, honky-tonk, masochism, phoneme, plein-air-oid is a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives andnouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicatedby the preceding element). Other words that use the affix -oid include: alkaloid, anthropoid, cuboid, lithoid, ovoid |
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