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SCIURUS NIGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sciurus niger mean?
• SCIURUS NIGER (noun)
The noun SCIURUS NIGER has 1 sense:
1. exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
Familiarity information: SCIURUS NIGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
eastern fox squirrel; fox squirrel; Sciurus niger
Hypernyms ("Sciurus niger" is a kind of...):
tree squirrel (any typical arboreal squirrel)
Holonyms ("Sciurus niger" is a member of...):
genus Sciurus; Sciurus (type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels)
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