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TREE SQUIRREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any typical arboreal squirrel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tree squirrel" is a kind of...):
squirrel (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree squirrel"):
cat squirrel; eastern gray squirrel; eastern grey squirrel; Sciurus carolinensis (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; red squirrel; Sciurus vulgaris (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)
Holonyms ("tree squirrel" is a member of...):
genus Sciurus; Sciurus (type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels)
