Squirrel

skwir′el, n. a nimble, reddish-brown, rodent little animal with hairy tail and large eyes, mainly of arboreal habit.— ns. Squirr′el-fish , a holocentroid tropical fish; Squirr′el-tail , any one of several gra es of the genus Hordeum , with long hair-like awns: a cap of squirrel-skins, with a tail hanging down behind. [O. Fr. escurel —Low L. scurellus , dim. of L. sciurus —Gr. skiouros — ski a , shade, our a , tail.]