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squirrel-sized

squirrel-sized

4.2
About the size of a squirrel
  • adjective
  • /ˈskwɜrəl saɪzd/
translation icon : del tamaño de una ardilla
  • A squirrel-sized hole in the fence allowed small animals to squeeze through.

Examples

  • She adopted an injured, squirrel-sized puppy that had been abandoned in the neighborhood.

  • The new squirrel-sized drone can easily navigate through trees.

  • The archaeologists discovered a squirrel-sized dinosaur fossil in the newly excavated site.

  • Look at that squirrel-sized bird on the tree!

  • The squirrel-sized insect darted quickly across the garden path.

  • We found a squirrel-sized rock that was perfect for the centerpiece of our garden.

  • He painted a squirrel-sized replica of the famous statue for his art project.

Antonyms

large
∞ 1.0

Bigger than average in size, number, or amount

huge
∞ 1.0

Very large in size, amount, or degree

gigantic
139 3.2

Very large, much bigger than normal

How Big

large
2 1.0
medium-sized
31 2.4
squirrel-sized
4.2
small
∞ 1.0
tiny
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

squirrel-sized positive

Morphology

squirrel-sized = squirrel (transparent) = squirrel + sized

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix 'sized' to the noun 'squirrel', giving the straightforward meaning 'approximately the size of a squirrel'.

Etymology

Squirrel-sized joins squirrel and the ending -sized, the same ending you see in pocket-sized, where squirrel is a 'small tree animal' and -sized means 'the size of'. So, squirrel-sized means 'about the size of a squirrel', a quick picture of something small enough to fit in your hands.