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Sciurus

noun
Sci·​urus | \ sīˈ(y)u̇rəs\

Definition of Sciurus

: the type genus of Sciuridae formerly including all the squirrels but now restricted to a cosmopolitan group of typical moderate sized arboreal squirrels

History and Etymology for Sciurus

New Latin, from Latin, squirrel

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