squirrel

squir·rel  (skwûrl, skwr-)

n.

1. Any of various arboreal rodents of the genus Sciurus and related genera of the family Sciuridae, having a long flexible bushy tail and including the fox squirrel, gray squirrel, and red squirrel. Also called tree squirrel.

2. Any of various other rodents of the family Sciuridae, as the ground squirrel or the flying squirrel.

3. The fur of one of these rodents.

tr.v. squir·reled or squir·relled, squir·rel·ing or squir·rel·ling, squir·rels

To hide or store: squirreled away her money.

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[Middle English squirel, from Anglo-Norman esquirel, from Vulgar Latin *scriolus, diminutive of *scrius, alteration of Latin scirus, from Greek skiouros : ski, shadow + our, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots.]

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squirrel

Noun

a small bushy-tailed animal that lives in trees [Greek skiouros, from skia shadow + oura tail]

Thesaurus

Noun	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
	2.	squirrel - the fur of a squirrel fur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

Translations

squirrel [ˈskwɪrəl] n → ardilla

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squirrel [ˈskwɪrəl] n → écureuil m

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squirrel [ˈskwɪrəl] n → Eichhörnchen nt

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squirrel [ˈskwɪrəl] n → scoiattolo

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squirrel

n squirrel [ˈskwirəl, (American ) ˈskwə:rəl]

a type of animal of the rodent family, usually either reddish-brown or grey, with a large bushy tail. eekhoring سِنْجاب катерица veverka egern das Eichhörnchen σκίουρος orav سنجاب orava écureuil סְנָאִי गिलहरी, चिखुरी vjeverica mókus tupai íkorni scoiattolo りす 다람쥐 voverė vāvere tupai eekhoren ekorn wiewiórka esquilo veveriţă белка veverička veverica veverica ekorre กระรอก sincap 松鼠 білка گلہری con sóc 松鼠