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Sciurus

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Sciurus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuridae, ↑family Sciuridae

• Member Meronyms:

↑tree squirrel, ↑eastern grey squirrel, ↑eastern gray squirrel, ↑cat squirrel, ↑Sciurus carolinensis, ↑western grey squirrel, ↑western gray squirrel, ↑Sciurus griseus, ↑fox squirrel, ↑eastern fox squirrel, ↑Sciurus niger, ↑black squirrel, ↑red squirrel, ↑Sciurus vulgaris

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\\sīˈ(y)u̇rəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, squirrel — more at squirrel

: the type genus of Sciuridae formerly including all the squirrels but now restricted to a cosmopolitan group of typical moderate sized arboreal squirrels

Useful english dictionary. 2012.