English > squirrel: 2 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail. |
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| Member of | Sciuridae, family Sciuridae | A mammal family of true squirrels including |
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| Narrower | American flying squirrel | New World flying squirrels |
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| Asiatic flying squirrel | nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps |
| baronduki, baranduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus | terrestrial / terrestrial Siberian squirrel |
| chipmunk | A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia |
| eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, ground squirrel, Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
| ground squirrel, gopher, spermophile | Any of various terrestrial / terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds |
| tree squirrel | Any typical arboreal squirrel |
| Broader | rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
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| Spanish | ardilla |
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| Catalan | esquirol |
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