red squirrel

Questions about red squirrel

What does red squirrel mean?

red squirrel means "of northern United States and Canada". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for red squirrel?

Close synonyms include American red squirrel, spruce squirrel, Sciurus hudsonicus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, cat squirrel. 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 red squirrel a common word?

red 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.