SCIURUS

• SCIURUS (noun)
  The noun SCIURUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels

  Familiarity information: SCIURUS used as a noun is very rare.

• SCIURUS (noun)

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sciurus; Sciurus

Hypernyms ("Sciurus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Sciurus"):

tree squirrel (any typical arboreal 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)

Holonyms ("Sciurus" is a member of...):

family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)