| any squirrel of the genus Sciurus, with a long, bushy tail, familiar in parks and wooded areas throughout temperate regions. |
squir·rel  (skwûr'əl, skwŭr'-)  n.
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.] |
| tree squirrel n. See squirrel. |