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PRONUNCIATION OF GREY SQUIRREL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREY SQUIRREL

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Grey squirrel is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GREY SQUIRREL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gray squirrel

Gray squirrel or grey squirrel may refer to several species of squirrel indigenous to North America: ▪ The Eastern gray squirrel, from the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; introduced into Britain, Ireland, western North America, Italy, and South Africa ▪ The Western Gray Squirrel, from the western United States ▪ The Arizona gray squirrel, from the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico ▪ The Mexican Gray Squirrel, from southern Mexico and Guatemala; introduced into the Florida Keys...

Definition of grey squirrel in the English dictionary

The definition of grey squirrel in the dictionary is a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREY SQUIRREL

grey market
grey matter
grey mullet
grey nomad
grey nurse shark
Grey Owl
grey panther
grey plover
grey power
grey propaganda
grey seal
grey sedge
grey skate
grey vote
grey wagtail
grey warbler
grey water
grey whale
grey willow
grey wolf

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREY SQUIRREL

American red squirrel
barrel
beer barrel
borrel
carrel
cracker-barrel
flying squirrel
fox squirrel
ground squirrel
gun barrel
lock, stock, and barrel
over a barrel
pork barrel
quarrel
red squirrel
Richardson´s ground squirrel
sheep sorrel
sorrel
squirrel
wood sorrel

Synonyms and antonyms of grey squirrel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «grey squirrel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREY SQUIRREL

Find out the translation of grey squirrel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grey squirrel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grey squirrel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灰松鼠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ardilla gris
570 millions of speakers

English

grey squirrel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रे गिलहरी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السنجاب الرمادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

серая белка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esquilo cinzento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধূসর গম্বুজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écureuil gris
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tupai kelabu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grauhörnchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

灰色リス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회색 다람쥐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bajing abu-abu
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sóc xám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாம்பல் அணில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राखाडी खार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gri sincap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scoiattolo grigio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiewiórka szara
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сіра білка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

veveriță gri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γκρι σκίουρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grys eekhoring
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

grå ekorre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grå ekorn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grey squirrel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREY SQUIRREL»

The term «grey squirrel» is regularly used and occupies the 62.917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREY SQUIRREL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grey squirrel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREY SQUIRREL»

Discover the use of grey squirrel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grey squirrel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tales from Grey Squirrel Manor #1 - a Tale of Two Squirrels
N. L. Cusick. Once upon a time, in a little town called Algona, there lived two Grey Squirrels, named Kona and Keeli. They had bushy tails and bright eyes, and their fur was a soft, beautiful grey, except where it covered their chests and ...
N. L. Cusick, 2013
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Biological Invasions
If a comparison has to be made . . . make it with the fallow-deer, a park and woodland animal, an attractive and valuable addition to our fauna' Theobald, 1926: 'Wherever it [the grey squirrel] goes it drives out the Brown [ = Red] Squirrel and in ...
M. Williamson, 1996
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An Affair with Red Squirrels
The story and subsequent decline after this point is intimately linked with the arrival of the grey squirrel from the USA in the late nineteenth century. Apart from the key introduction at Woburn, Bedfordshire, of ten grey squirrels in 1890 there ...
David Stapleford, 2003
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Fundamentals of Biogeography
A classic example of scramble competition concerns the native red squirrel ( Sciurus vulgaris) and the introduced grey squirrel (S. carolinensis) in England, Wales, and Scotland (Figure 11.2; Plate 11.3). The red squirrel favours coniferous ...
Richard J. Huggett, 2004
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Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland
The earliest documented introduction of the Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from North America was in 1876, to Macclesfield in Cheshire. Following a series of later introductions the species rapidly became established in parts of southern  ...
Norman Maclean, 2010
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Ecology of Woodlands and Forests: Description, Dynamics and ...
This range expansion by the red squirrel has coincided with a reduction in numbers of the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). It may appear at first sight that the red squirrel is detrimentally interacting with or outcompeting the grey in the same ...
Peter Thomas, John Packham, 2007
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Biological Invasions: Theory and Practice
It seems that the red squirrel's range, particularly in the hardwood forests, was forced back when faced with the invasion by the grey squirrel, which was adapted to that particular environment. With the red squirrel as species 1 and the grey as ...
Nanako Shigesada, Kohkichi Kawasaki, 1997
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Atelier Sur la Limitation Et L'éradication Des Vertébrés ...
Any action aimed to protect the Red squirrel will have limited effects, unless an eradication of the Grey squirrel is planned (Bertolino et al. in press); in this respect, Italy plays a key role, as the country presents the only populations of Grey ...
‎1999
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Preschool Songs and Fingerplays
Animals – Forest animals Grey squirrel Songs and fingerplays (Whisper the first four lines.) Big grizzly bear, (holding out hands to show claws) Asleep in his den. (placing hands together under chin as if sleeping) Let's wake him up. (cupping ...
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New Scientist
And even if some poison harms individual small mammals, there is no evidence that populations are affected Damage from successive grey squirrel attacks makes timber virtually useless. The hazards to which we have drawn attention could ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREY SQUIRREL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grey squirrel is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Fox Hunting Phone-In
I was an idiot. And then I saw it. Motionless, inside the green wire trap outside my office window was a large grey squirrel. There was no blood. «LBC 97.3, Jul 15»
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Major grant to be squirreled away
There is still plenty of work to do as we are getting regular reports of grey squirrel sightings. “The grant from the Ridley Family Charity will be a ... «Morpeth Herald, Jul 15»
3
16 things to love about squirrels
Many consider grey squirrels the bane of public parks and in some parts of the world they are a vexing invasive species; homeowners may find ... «Treehugger, Jul 15»
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Plight of the bumblebee: Science offers a way to save this vital …
All our experience with invasive species, from the grey squirrel to Japanese knot weed, suggests extreme caution with any such undertaking. «The Independent, Jul 15»
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The grey squirrel a tough nut to crack
London - It is bigger and brawnier. But the real secret of the grey squirrel's success may be its superior brainpower. Research shows that grey ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Airguns and summer squirrel shooting
grey squirrel. Squirrel control using an air rifle can be a real bind during the summer months. Dense foliage can make it virtually impossible to ... «ShootingUK, Jul 15»
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Squirrel lovers go nuts for new app by Llandudno firm
“First we had to remove the grey squirrel population and then we had to reintroduce the reds which we got from Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn ... «North Wales Pioneer, Jul 15»
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Is there anything better than GoPro footage of a waterskiing squirrel?
... average lifespan of a grey squirrel is just 11-12 months. That means there has been at least 36 Twiggys waterskiing into Americans' hearts in ... «Pocket-lint.com, Jul 15»
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There's a '10ft python' on the loose in Kent
Home to the grey squirrel, the marsh frog, the ring-necked parakeet… and a 10ft python. Sarah Bick of Larkfield, Aylesford, took to Facebook ... «Metro, Jun 15»
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Acting a little squirrelly
It's a beautiful and impressive sign of California grey squirrel feeding, and I have seen it in years past, but this year the scales are more ... «Point Reyes Light, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Grey squirrel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/grey-squirrel>. Apr 2024 ».
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