fox squirrel

noun

any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.

Origin of fox squirrel

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

Words Nearby fox squirrel

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How to use fox squirrel in a sentence

The Jacobs lab studies cognition in free-ranging fox squirrels on the Berkeley campus.
How squirrels can help us create better robots | Robert J. Full | August 7, 2021 | Quartz
Gray squirrels and the young of the fox-squirrel eat the buds and flowers as well as the cone-shaped fruit.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 | Various
There is a fox squirrel over yonder somewhere, beyond the ruins of the old arch.
Wisconsin in Story and Song; | Various
Jim got a mallard, Woodruff a fox squirrel—and one whose name we will not disclose shot a young pig.
The houseboat book | William F. Waugh
"Witch or not, I like her;" and Bessie Lane tossed up her hat, and pranced off after a fox squirrel just down the road.
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls | Various

Sometimes she brought in birds that we had never seen before, and occasionally a flying squirrel, chipmunk, or big fox squirrel.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth | John Muir

British Dictionary definitions for fox squirrel

fox squirrel

noun

a large squirrel, Sciurus niger, occurring in E North America

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