squirrel | | |
n. (animal) | 1. squirrel | a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail. |
| ~ gnawer, rodent | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing. |
| ~ tree squirrel | any typical arboreal squirrel. |
| ~ family sciuridae, sciuridae | a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles. |
| ~ spermophile, ground squirrel, gopher | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops. |
| ~ eastern chipmunk, ground squirrel, hackee, striped squirrel, tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches. |
| ~ chipmunk | a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body. |
| ~ baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, eutamius asiaticus, eutamius sibiricus | terrestrial Siberian squirrel. |
| ~ american flying squirrel | New World flying squirrels. |
| ~ asiatic flying squirrel | nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps. |
n. (substance) | 2. squirrel | the fur of a squirrel. |
| ~ fur, pelt | the dressed hairy coat of a mammal. |
tree squirrel | | |
n. (animal) | 1. tree squirrel | any typical arboreal squirrel. |
| ~ squirrel | a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail. |
| ~ genus sciurus, sciurus | type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels. |
| ~ eastern gray squirrel, eastern grey squirrel, sciurus carolinensis, cat squirrel | common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England. |
| ~ sciurus griseus, western gray squirrel, western grey squirrel | large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States. |
| ~ eastern fox squirrel, fox squirrel, sciurus niger | exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States. |
| ~ black squirrel | fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase. |
| ~ cat squirrel, sciurus vulgaris, red squirrel | common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia. |
| ~ american red squirrel, red squirrel, sciurus hudsonicus, spruce squirrel, tamiasciurus hudsonicus | of northern United States and Canada. |
| ~ chickeree, douglas squirrel, tamiasciurus douglasi | far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel. |
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