Meanings
plural cat squirrels
- The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).
- The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).
Farther up the bank was a stand of pecans where a cat squirrel was taking bites of green nuts and dropping them to the ground to rot.
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 18
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncommon reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
nouncommon medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
cat squirrel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%20squirrel
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