Squirrel

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  • noun. Any of various arboreal rodents of the tribe Sciurini and especially of the genus Sciurus, characteristically having a long flexible bushy tail.
  • noun. Any of various other rodents of the family Sciuridae, such as the ground squirrels and the flying squirrels.
  • noun. The fur of one of these rodents.
  • transitive verb. To hide or store.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A rodent quadruped of the family Sciuridæ and genus Sciurus, originally and specifically Sciurus vulgaris of Europe.
  • noun. In cotton manufacturing, one of the small card-covered rollers used with the large roller of a carding-machine. Also called urchin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridæ. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.
  • noun. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
  • noun. the prairie dog.
  • noun. the striped gopher. See Gopher, 2.
  • noun. See Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary.
  • noun. See Jelerang.
  • noun. a North American herb (Dicentra Canadensis) bearing little yellow tubers.
  • noun. the blossom of the Hepatica triloba, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring.
  • noun. A market fish of Bermuda (Holocentrum Ascensione).
  • noun. a pestiferous grass (Hordeum murinum) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spikelets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even producing death.
  • noun. a common American hake (Phycis tenuis); -- called also white hake.
  • noun. any rough-legged hawk; especially, the California species Archibuteo ferrugineus.
  • noun. A marmoset.
  • noun. a flying phalanger of Australia. See Phalanger, Petaurist, and Flying phalanger under Flying.
  • noun. any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus Tupaia. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like that of a squirrel.
  • noun. a grass (Hordeum jubatum) found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a dense spike beset with long awns.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail.
  • noun. A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
  • verb. To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
  • noun. the fur of a squirrel
  • Word Usage
    "“The name squirrel comes from the Greek skiouros, which means shadow-tailed, because the tail is big enough to shade the rest of the animal.”"
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    fur  pelt  
    Rhyme
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    badger  beaver  coyote  deer  duck  
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    bun  bunny  con  rodent  sciurine  
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