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| squir·rel [ skwúr əl ] |
noun (plural squir·rels) |
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1. small bushy-tailed rodent: a small rodent that has a long bushy tail, lives in trees, and eats nuts and seeds. Family Sciuridae.
See also gray squirrelred squirrel
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2. rodent like squirrel: a rodent related to or resembling the true squirrel, e.g. the ground squirrel, flying squirrel, or chipmunk
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3. hoarder: somebody who hoards something
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transitive verb (past and past participle squir·reled, present participle squir·rel·ing, 3rd person present singular squir·rels) |
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hoard something: to hoard or save things
 squirreled away some money
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| [14th century. < Anglo-Norman esquirel, literally "little squirrel" < Latin sciurus< Greek skiouros< skia "shadow" + oura "tail"] |
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