FOX SQUIRREL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States

Synonyms:

eastern fox squirrel; fox squirrel; Sciurus niger

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fox squirrel" is a kind of...):

tree squirrel (any typical arboreal squirrel)

Holonyms ("fox squirrel" is a member of...):

genus Sciurus; Sciurus (type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels)

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