tree squirrel

2.1

A small animal with a bushy tail that lives mainly in trees

noun
/tri ˈskwɜrəl/

: ardilla arbórea

The tree squirrel gathered nuts to store for the winter, scurrying up and down the trees in the park.

Examples

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While sitting on my porch, I watched a tree squirrel leap gracefully from branch to branch in the oak tree.
During our hike, we spotted a tree squirrel nestled comfortably in the branches, munching on an acorn.

Synonyms

squirrel

vstree squirrel

232 1.0

A small animal with a long bushy tail that lives in trees and eats nuts and seeds

refers specifically to the tree-living type rather than ground or flying types

tree rat

vstree squirrel

Slang

8.9

A squirrel that people see as a pest

is the neutral term used without insult or slang connotation

Surface Forms

tree squirrel singular

tree squirrels plural

Morphology

tree + squirrel

The noun–noun combination 'tree' + 'squirrel' straightforwardly denotes a squirrel associated with trees; the meaning is directly derivable from the constituent words and the common attributive compounding pattern in English. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Tree squirrel is a simple two-word name: tree + squirrel, creating the image of a small animal that climbs trunks and lives in branches instead of on the ground. So, the phrase means a squirrel that 'lives mainly in trees'.