Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A true or typical squirrel; one of the arboreal species of the genus Sciurus proper, as distinguished from any of the ground-squirrels, prairie-squirrels, marmot-squirrels, flying-squirrels, etc. See cuts under chickaree, fox-squirrel, Sciurus, and squirrel.
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Examples
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He would lie concealed for hours, following every movement of a cautious tree-squirrel, waiting, with a patience as huge as the hunger he suffered from, until the squirrel ventured out upon the ground.
The Famine 2010
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The tiny bubbling ripple of the spring and the gray flash of tree-squirrel were as yardsticks with which to measure the silence and motionless repose.
Chapter VIII 2010
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A partridge boomed afar in the forest, and a tree-squirrel launched unerringly into space above her head, and went on, from limb to limb and tree to tree, scolding graciously the while.
CHAPTER 2 2010
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The tiny bubbling ripple of the spring and the gray flash of tree-squirrel were as yardsticks with which to measure the silence and motionless repose.
Chapter VIII 1910
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He would lie concealed for hours, following every movement of a cautious tree-squirrel, waiting, with a patience as huge as the hunger he suffered from, until the squirrel ventured out upon the ground.
The Famine 1906
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He would lie concealed for hours, following every movement of a cautious tree-squirrel, waiting, with a patience as huge as the hunger he suffered from, until the squirrel ventured out upon the ground.
White Fang Jack London 1896
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A partridge boomed afar in the forest, and a tree-squirrel launched unerringly into space above her head, and went on, from limb to limb and tree to tree, scolding graciously the while.
A Daughter of the Snows Jack London 1896
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Every species of tree-squirrel seems to be capable of
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers John Burroughs 1879
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The captain incontinently dropped the dozen Testaments into the woman's lap and went up the companion-ladder like a tree-squirrel.
The Young Trawler 1859
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Had I come up half an hour sooner, I suspect we should have met on equal terms; but the fact is that I have not seen hair or feather, save a tree-squirrel, since I left you in the morning. "
Ungava 1859
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