cat squirrel

Questions about cat squirrel

What does cat squirrel mean?

cat squirrel means "common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cat squirrel?

Close synonyms include red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, eastern grey squirrel, eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cat squirrel a common word?

cat squirrel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.