fox squirrel

fox squirrel EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of fox squirrel An Americanism dating back to 1675–85 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for fox squirrel Historical Examples of fox squirrel

Gray squirrels and the young of the fox-squirrel eat the buds and flowers as well as the cone-shaped fruit.

Lippincott’s Magazine, August, 1885

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In the West and South, a large squirrel, that is partly red and partly gray, is called a fox-squirrel.

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British Dictionary definitions for fox squirrel fox squirrel noun a large squirrel, Sciurus niger, occurring in E North America Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012