Associations to the word «Sciurus»

Wiktionary

SCIURUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Sciurinae   — the squirrels.
SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Sciuridae   — native to eastern North America, introduced and invasive elsewhere.
SCIURUS VULGARIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Sciuridae   — the red squirrel.

Dictionary definition

SCIURUS, noun. Type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats