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squir⋅rel

  [skwur-uhl, skwuhr- or, especially Brit., skwir-uhl] noun, plural -rels, (especially collectively) -rel, verb, -reled, -rel⋅ing or (especially British) -relled, -rel⋅ling.
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–noun
1. any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
2. any of various other members of the family Sciuridae, as the chipmunks, flying squirrels, and woodchucks.
3. the meat of such an animal.
4. the pelt or fur of such an animal: a coat trimmed with squirrel.
–verb (used with object)
5. to store or hide (money, valuables, etc.), usually for the future (often fol. by away): I've squirreled away a few dollars for an emergency.
Origin:
1325–75; ME squirel < AF escuirel (OF escuireul) ≪ VL *scūrellus, *scūriolus, repr. L sciurus (< Gk skíouros lit., shadow-tailed (ski(á) shadow + -ouros, adj. deriv. of ourá tail); appar. so called because the tail was large enough to provide shade for the rest of the animal) with dim. suffixes -ellus, -olus

Related forms:
squir⋅rel⋅ish, squir⋅rel⋅like, adjective
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squir·rel   (skwûr'əl, skwŭr'-)   
n.  

  1. Any of various arboreal rodents of the genus Sciurus and related genera of the family Sciuridae, having a long flexible bushy tail and including the fox squirrel, gray squirrel, and red squirrel. Also called tree squirrel.

  2. Any of various other rodents of the family Sciuridae, as the ground squirrel or the flying squirrel.

  3. The fur of one of these rodents.

tr.v.   squir·reled or squir·relled, squir·rel·ing or squir·rel·ling, squir·rels
To hide or store: squirreled away her money.

[Middle English squirel, from Anglo-Norman esquirel, from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, alteration of Latin sciūrus, from Greek skiouros : skiā, shadow + ourā, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
squirrel

  1. n.
    a strange or eccentric person. : Martin can be such a squirrel.
  2. n.
    a car engine's horsepower. (Usually plural.) : I got 440 squirrels and a gaggle of carburetors.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

squirrel 
1327, from Anglo-Fr. esquirel, O.Fr. escurel (Fr. écureuil), from V.L. *scuriolus, dim. of *scurius "squirrel," variant of L. sciurus, from Gk. skiouros "a squirrel," lit. "shadow-tailed," from skia "shadow" + oura "tail." Perhaps the original notion is "that which makes a shade with its tail." The verb meaning "to hoard up, store away" (as a aquirrel does nuts) is first recorded 1939; squirrely is from 1925. The O.E. word was acweorna, which survived into M.E. as aquerne.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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