Glires
See also: glires
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin glīrēs, plural form of glīs (“dormouse”). Coined by biologist Carl von Linné.
Proper noun
Glires
- A taxonomic clade within the superorder Euarchontoglires – rodents, rabbits, hares, and pikas. [from c. 2000]
- (archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – rodents and rabbit-like animals. [from c. 1860]
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – corresponding to Rodentia, plus Noctilio. [c. 1900]
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria, Placentalia - cohorts; Boreoeutheria - magnorder; Euarchontoglires - superorder; Gliriformes - clade (or grandorder)
Hyponyms
- (clade): Lagomorpha, Rodentia - orders
Related terms
- Euarchontoglires
- gliran
- gliriform
- Gliriformes
- Glirina
- glirine
References
- Glires in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
