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Image:Sciurus carolinensis.jpg|thumb|An Eastern Gray Squirrel
English

Etymology
From AF. esquirel, from OF. escurel (modern F. term|écureuil|langfr), from VL. scuriolus, diminutive of scurius, variant of L. term|sciurus|langlat, from AGr. term|�κίο��ο�|langgrc|scpolytonic|trskíouros < term|�κιά||shade, shadow|langgrc|scpolytonic|trskiá + term|ο��ά||tail|langgrc|scpolytonic|tr=ourá.

Pronunciation
RP & Australian English|AusE? IPA|/'skwɪr.^�l
GenAm? IPA|/'skw��r.^�l, 'skw�ɽ.�l/
audio|En-ca-squirrel.ogg|Audio (CA)
rhymes|ɪr�l

Noun
en-noun

1. Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail.

Translations
trans-top|Rodent
Albanian: ketër m
Arabic: ARchar|س�جاب (sinj�b) m
Basque: katagorri
Belarusian: зва�айна� ваве�ка f
Bosnian: vjeverica f
Breton: gwiñver m, -ed p, kaz-koad m, kizier-koad p
Bulgarian: ка�е�и�а (katerica) f
Cantabrian: esquilu m
Catalan: esquirol m
Cherokee: ��� (salali)
Chinese: �鼠 (s�ngsh�)
Croatian: vjeverica f
Czech: veverka f
Danish: egern
Dutch: eekhoorn m, eekhoorntje n
Esperanto: sciuro
Estonian: orav
Faroese: íkorni
Finnish: orava
French: écureuil m
Frisian: iikhoarntsje g|Frisian
Friulian: sghirat, sghirate g|Friulian
Galician: esquío m
German: Eichhörnchen n, Hörnchen n
Greek: �κίο��ο� m
Hebrew: סנ�� (snai) m
Hungarian: mókus
Icelandic: íkorni m
Interlingua: sciuro, scuriolo
Irish: iora, madra crainn g|Irish
Isthmus Zapotec: chisa
Italian: scoiattolo m
Japanese: �鼠 (��, risu)
Korean: ��� (daramjwi)
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Kurdish: KUchar|س���ر��
Ladin: schirata f
Latin: sciurus m
Latvian: v�vere g|Latvian
Lithuanian: vover� f
Lower Sorbian: njewjericka f
Macedonian: ве�ве�и�а (ververica) f
Maltese: skwiril m
Norwegian: ekorn n
Occitan: esquiròl m
Old English: acweorna|�cweorna m
Polish: wiewiórka f
Portuguese: esquilo m
Powhatan: messanik
Romani: viaveritsa f
Romanian: veveriţ� f
Romansh: stgilat m
Russian: белка (bélka) f
Sami: oarri
Sardinian: schirrittu m, schirrimatta f, iscojàttulu m
Scottish: feòrag
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: веве�и�а f, веве� m
:Roman: veverica f, vever m
Slovak: veverica f
Slovene: veverica f
Spanish: ardilla f
Swahili: kindi (nc 9/10)
Swedish: ekorre c
Telugu: �డ�త (uDuta)
Turkish: sincap
Ukrainian: б�лка (bílka) f
Upper Sorbian: wjewjer�ka f
Welsh: gwiwer f
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ttbc|Mandarin: �鼠

Derived terms
red squirrel

Verb
en-verb|squirrel|l|ing

1. with "away": To hoard in a hidden place, by analogy to squirrels' habit of hoarding nuts.
2. with "around": To move or search erratically, esp. as if hurried or confused.

#: My mother warned me not to squirrel around in my dad's workshop.

Translations
trans-top|to squirrel away
Finnish: hamstrata
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Polish: chomikowa�
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trans-top|to squirrel around
Finnish: säntäillä, säntäillä ympäri|ympäriinsä
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