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tree squirrel
noun
- any squirrel of the genus Sciurus, with a long, bushy tail, familiar in parks and wooded areas throughout temperate regions.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tree squirrel1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
Some call him the palm-rat, and others the palm-tree squirrel; but as he is neither a rat nor a squirrel, we call him palmist.
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This was not understood, as the Utes have no sign for the tree squirrel, the arboreal animal not being now found in their region.
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The martin is the size of a large tree squirrel; the fisher is about twice that size.
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The tree squirrel about the Lake is the pine squirrel or "chickeree."
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Need we add that he gained his perch with the agility of a tree-squirrel!
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