squirrel cage

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   cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it

   Broadercage

Questions about squirrel cage

What does squirrel cage mean?

squirrel cage means "cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it".

Is squirrel cage a common word?

squirrel cage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.