grey squirrel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A grey squirrel which attacked and injured 18 people has been captured and put down.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021
John O'Brien took the photo of the two small mammals, the red squirrel with its claws stretched out and the grey squirrel seemingly unaware it's about to be attacked.
From Fox News • Jul. 24, 2020
They are threatened by the grey squirrel and already face the major threat of the squirrelpox virus.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2014
But no such effect could be found in the naked mole rat, they claimed, nor in its similarly long-lived cousins, the grey squirrel, the chinchilla, and the chipmunk.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2011
As the elephant swung up the steep roads paved with stone and built out on the sides of the hill, he looked into empty houses where the little grey squirrel sat and scratched its ears.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
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