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Squirrel
Definitions
- 1 Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.
"tree squirrels"
- 2 a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail wordnet
- 3 Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.; Any of those distinguished typically by a large bushy tail; any of the tree squirrels of subfamily Sciurinae or phenotypically similar sciurids. especially
- 4 the fur of a squirrel wordnet
- 5 Someone who displays squirrel-like qualities such as stealing or hoarding objects.
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- 6 One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
- 7 A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner. derogatory, often
- 1 To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use transitive
- 2 To become distracted intransitive
Etymology
From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “shadow-tail”, from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)). Displaced native Middle English acquerne, aquerne, from Old English ācweorna.
From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “shadow-tail”, from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”)). Displaced native Middle English acquerne, aquerne, from Old English ācweorna.
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