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SCIURUS NIGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sciurus niger mean? 

SCIURUS NIGER (noun)
  The noun SCIURUS NIGER has 1 sense:

1. exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: SCIURUS NIGER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCIURUS NIGER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

eastern fox squirrel; fox squirrel; Sciurus niger

Hypernyms ("Sciurus niger" is a kind of...):

tree squirrel (any typical arboreal squirrel)

Holonyms ("Sciurus niger" is a member of...):

genus Sciurus; Sciurus (type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels)


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