gray squirrel

[ grey-skwur-uhl, skwuhr‐ ]

/ ˈgreɪ ˈskwɜr əl, ˈskwʌr‐ /

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noun

a gray-colored arboreal squirrel: North American species include the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) of the eastern and midwestern U.S. and southeastern Canada, the western gray squirrel (S. griseus) of the coastal western U.S. and Mexico, the Arizona gray squirrel (S. arizonensis) of eastern Arizona and adjacent Mexico, and the Mexican gray squirrel (S. aureogaster), found from Guatemala north through eastern Mexico to the Florida Keys.

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Origin of gray squirrel

An Americanism dating back to 1615–25

Words nearby gray squirrel

Gray's Inn, gray skate, gray snapper, Grayson, Grays Peak, gray squirrel, gray substance, gray syndrome, gray trout, gray urn, graywacke

How to use gray squirrel in a sentence

Not to mention the many species on the verge of extinction, while gray squirrels are not even endangered, though Truffles’s life surely was.
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I lie and nod my head yes while wiping the tears on my gray fleece sleeve.
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Then the gift card is shopped online in a gray market to collect cold currency.
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“He was an absolutely gray and insignificant personality,” says Kurnosova.
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Caller: “He has a gray, gray coat with black sleeves and gray pants on.”
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Her neon blue hair is teased high with a gray stripe emerging from the front.
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Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
They nodded at each other when they met, and the gray man showed him a little ship with rigging that took up and down.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Some hidden magnetism burst from him like an aura, and his cold pasty face and light gray eyes flamed into positive beauty.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
They climbed another dune, and came upon the great gray sea at low tide.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
The gray eyes, once flashing with the light of kindly humor, now softened with sympathy, now glowed with pity.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd