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squirrelian en · ADJ

Etymology

squirrel + -ian

Meanings

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:
   • Collectively, these groups constitute the regiments of the red-squirrelian defence force. 2023, Peter Coates, Squirrel Nation: Reds, Greys and the Meaning of Home, page 177:
   • 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:

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