SQUIRREL
Dictionary entry overview: What does squirrel mean?
• SQUIRREL (noun)
The noun SQUIRREL has 2 senses:
1. a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
2. the fur of a squirrel
Familiarity information: SQUIRREL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SQUIRREL (noun)
Meaning:
A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("squirrel" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squirrel"):
tree squirrel (any typical arboreal squirrel)
gopher; ground squirrel; spermophile (any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops)
eastern chipmunk; ground squirrel; hackee; striped squirrel; Tamias striatus (small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches)
chipmunk (a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body)
baranduki; baronduki; barunduki; burunduki; Eutamius asiaticus; Eutamius sibiricus (terrestrial Siberian squirrel)
American flying squirrel (New World flying squirrels)
Asiatic flying squirrel (nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps)
Holonyms ("squirrel" is a member of...):
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
Meaning:
The fur of a squirrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("squirrel" is a kind of...):
fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)
