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TAMIASCIURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tamiasciurus mean?
• TAMIASCIURUS (noun)
The noun TAMIASCIURUS has 1 sense:
1. American red squirrels
Familiarity information: TAMIASCIURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American red squirrels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tamiasciurus; Tamiasciurus
Hypernyms ("Tamiasciurus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("Tamiasciurus" is a member of...):
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
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