TREE SQUIRREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree squirrel mean? 

• TREE SQUIRREL (noun)
  The noun TREE SQUIRREL has 1 sense:

1. any typical arboreal squirrel

  Familiarity information: TREE SQUIRREL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE SQUIRREL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any typical arboreal squirrel

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tree squirrel" is a kind of...):

squirrel (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree squirrel"):

cat squirrel; eastern gray squirrel; eastern grey squirrel; Sciurus carolinensis (common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England)

Sciurus griseus; western gray squirrel; western grey squirrel (large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States)

eastern fox squirrel; fox squirrel; Sciurus niger (exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States)

black squirrel (fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase)

cat squirrel; red squirrel; Sciurus vulgaris (common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia)

American red squirrel; red squirrel; Sciurus hudsonicus; spruce squirrel; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (of northern United States and Canada)

chickeree; Douglas squirrel; Tamiasciurus douglasi (far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel)

Holonyms ("tree squirrel" is a member of...):

genus Sciurus; Sciurus (type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels)