sciurine

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A Northern Ireland woman is on the front line of the ongoing battle against grey squirrel hordes after her house was invaded by massed sciurine forces, the BBC reports.

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  1. Squirrel-like; related to Sciurus, or belonging to the Sciuridæ; especially, of or pertaining to the Sciurinæ.
  2. A squirrel; a member of the Sciuridæ, and especially of the Sciurinæ.

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  • A Northern Ireland woman is on the front line of the ongoing battle against grey squirrel hordes after her house was invaded by massed sciurine forces, the BBC reports. —  The Register
  • NI woman in sciurine plague ordeal —  The Register
 

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  1. from Latin sciurus, a squirrel (see Sciurus), + -ine.
 

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