sciurus

2 definitions found

sciurus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sciurus \Sci*u"rus\, n. [L., a squirrel, Gr. ?. See Squirrel.]
     (Zool.)
     A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.
     [1913 Webster]

sciurus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sciurus
      n 1: type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized
           arboreal squirrels [syn: Sciurus, genus Sciurus]