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Definition of Red squirrel

1. Noun. Of northern United States and Canada.

2. Noun. Common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia.

Definition of Red squirrel

1. Noun. ''Sciurus vulgaris'', a species of squirrel, common in Europe and Asia. ¹

2. Noun. ''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'', a species of squirrel, found in parts of North America. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Squirrel

red shift red shrubby penstemon red silk-cotton tree red silk cotton red silver fir red siskin red slender loris red snapper red snow red sorrel

red spider red spider mite red sprite red sprites red spruce red squirrel (current term) red squirrels red state red strawberry tongue red supergiant

red supergiants red sweat red tag red tape red tea red test red thrombus red tide red tides red tiger

Literary usage of Red squirrel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"Talk about a red squirrel robbing birds' nests or killing young birds ! ... In reply to your inquiry, I would say the red squirrel, owing to its superior ..."

2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"PM — Walking in Ebby Hubbard's woods, I hear a red squirrel barking at me amid the pine and oak tops, and now I see him coursing from tree to tree. ..."

3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"THE INNOCENT red squirrel. In October RECREATION I find several pages ... Perhaps we think we would be protecting nature by killing the red squirrel. ..."

4. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"THE EASTERN red squirrel A Great Destroyer of Birds During the past year the ... THE red squirrel.—Once in a great while, conditions change in subtle ways ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"red squirrel and the snow. EJ Sawyer. IL St N. 36: 358-9. F. '08. Squirrel of Asticou; poem. Outlook. 90: 345. Rehearing In the Indiana case. Outlook. ..."

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