| squirrel | (n) a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail |
| squirrel | (n) the fur of a squirrel |
| squirrel cage | (n) cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it |
| squirrel corn | (n) American plant with cream-colored flowers and tuberous roots resembling kernels of corn, Syn. Dicentra canadensis |
| squirrelfish | (n) very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark |
| squirrel monkey | (n) small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle, Syn. Saimiri sciureus |
| squirrel's-foot fern | (n) feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia, Syn. Davallia Mariesii, Davalia bullata, ball fern, Davalia bullata mariesii |
| squirrel-sized | (adj) having the approximate size of a squirrel |
| squirreltail barley | (n) barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia, Syn. squirreltail grass, foxtail barley, Hordeum jubatum |
| Squirrel | n. [ OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. écureuil, LL. squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr. ☞ Among the common North American squirrels are the gray squirrel (Sciurus Carolinensis) and its black variety; the fox, or cat, squirrel (Sciurus cinereus, or Sciurus niger) which is a large species, and variable in color, the southern variety being frequently black, while the northern and western varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see Chickaree); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see Chipmunk); and the California gray squirrel (Sciurus fossor). Several other species inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European species (Sciurus vulgaris) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. The so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See Petaurist, and Phalanger. [ 1913 Webster ]
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