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| chickaree |
see "red squirrel." |
| chinchilla |
a small South American rodent that resembles a squirrel. [1/4 definitions] |
| chipmunk |
a small, squirrel-like rodent with a striped back and bushy tail, found in North America and Asia. |
| flying squirrel |
a squirrel with winglike membranes connecting the forelegs to the hind legs, that enable it to make long gliding leaps through the air. |
| gopher |
a small striped ground squirrel of western North America. [1/2 definitions] |
| marmoset |
any of various small, tropical American monkeys that have a squirrel-like body, soft fur, and a long, furry tail. |
| red squirrel |
a common North American tree squirrel with reddish or tawny fur. |
| rock squirrel |
a gray, black-headed ground squirrel found in the rocky regions of the western United States and Mexico. |
| squirrel cage |
a cage, for a squirrel or other small animal, containing a drum that turns when the animal runs inside it. [1/2 definitions] |
| tree squirrel |
any squirrel that lives in trees, such as the gray squirrel. |
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