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Definition of Squirrel

Squirrel

  1. Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.
  2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

Squirrel Quotations

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
Henry David Thoreau

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.
Mark Zuckerberg

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.
George Eliot

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.
Hal Borland

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit!
Sarah Jessica Parker
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Squirrel Translations

squirrel in Afrikaans is eekhoring, eekhorinkie
squirrel in Danish is egern
squirrel in Dutch is eekhoorn
squirrel in Finnish is orava
squirrel in Italian is scoiattolo
squirrel in Portuguese is esquilo
squirrel in Spanish is ardilla
squirrel in Swedish is ekorre

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