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squirrelian

squirrelian adjective: of or relating to squirrels.

Adjective

squirrelian (comparative more squirrelian, superlative most squirrelian)

  1. (humorous, rare) Of or relating to squirrels.
    • When they rest from their squirrelian revolutions, and die in the Lord, and their works do follow them, these are what will follow them: […]1880, The Medium and Daybreak, volume 11, page 363
    • One such individual living in California's Yosemite National Park concluded, after what must have been a tremendous bit of squirrelian cogitation, that summer time was too precious to waste by gathering and burying nuts piecemeal.1955, Yosemite Nature Notes, volumes 34-36, page 64

Forms of squirrelian

comparativemore squirrelian
superlativemost squirrelian

Origin of squirrelian

squirrel + -ian

Questions about squirrelian

What does squirrelian mean?
Squirrelian means of or relating to squirrels.
What part of speech is squirrelian?
Squirrelian is an adjective.

Words near squirrelian in the dictionary

  1. squirreless
  2. squirrelesses
  3. squirrelette
  4. squirrelfish
  5. squirrelfishes
  6. squirrelian
  7. squirreline
  8. squirreliness
  9. squirrelinesses
  10. squirreling
  11. squirreling around

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