Home › Words › H › hystricomorphhystricomorphhystricomorph means any rodent in the Hystricomorpha, a suborder of the order Rodentia.EtymologyFrom Latin hystrīx (“porcupine”) -o- + -morph.nounAny rodent in the Hystricomorpha, a suborder of the order RodentiaDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hystricomorphous 81% match — Relating to the rodent group Hystricomorpha, which has had many definitions throughout its history. vs hystricomorph →hystricid 73% match — Any member of the family Hystricidae, Old World porcupines vs hystricomorph →caviomorph 71% match — Any rodent of the infraorder (sometimes parvorder) Caviomorpha, that unites all South American hystricognaths. vs hystricomorph →hystricognathous 70% match — Relating to the hystricognaths vs hystricomorph →castorimorph 69% match — Any rodent of the suborder Castorimorpha vs hystricomorph →sciuromorph 68% match — Any rodent of the clade Sciuromorpha vs hystricomorph →heteromyd 66% match — Any rodent of the family Heteromyidae vs hystricomorph →heteromyid 66% match — Any rodent of the family Heteromyidae. vs hystricomorph →