squirrel
English Thesaurus
1. a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | gnawer, rodent, |
| definition | : | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tree squirrel, |
| definition | : | any typical arboreal squirrel (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chipmunk, |
| definition | : | a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | asiatic flying squirrel, |
| definition | : | nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family sciuridae, sciuridae, |
| definition | : | a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles (noun.animal) |
2. the fur of a squirrel (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | fur, pelt, |
| definition | : | the dressed hairy coat of a mammal (noun.substance) |
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