Sciurus

·noun A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.

sciurus
scĭūrus, i, m., = σκίουρος, a squirrel , Plin. 8, 38, 58, § 138; 11, 43, 99, § 245; Mart. 5, 37,...

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