Hystricomorpha
/ˌhɪstrɪkə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfə
/plural noun Zoology
A major division of the rodents which includes the guinea pigs, coypu, porcupines and their relatives. They occur chiefly in South America.
- Suborder Hystricomorpha, order Rodentia.
- The Old World members of this group are sometimes placed in a separate group called the porcupine-like rodents (Hystricomorpha).
Derivatives
hystricomorph
- The myomorph and sciuromorph taxa are included in the Sciurognathi, while most hystricomorphs are in the Hystricognathi.
- Nevertheless, hystricomorph rodents are an exception among mammals, possessing an insulin molecule with many amino acid substitutions.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Latin hystrix, hystric- 'porcupine' (from Greek hustrix) + morphē 'form'.
- transposition
- transpositional
- transpositive
- transposon
- transputer
- transracial
- transsexual
- transsexualism
- transsexuality
- trans-ship
- trans-shipment
- Trans-Siberian Railway
- trans-sonic
- trans-synaptic
- trans-Tasman
- transubstantiate
- transubstantiation
- transudate
- transudation
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- transuranic
- transurethral
- Transvaal
- Transvaal daisy
- transvaluation