"sciurine" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsaɪjʊɹaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsaɪjʊɹɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: Latin sciūrus (“squirrel”), from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), + -ine. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sciūrus||squirrel}} Latin sciūrus (“squirrel”), {{der|en|grc|σκίουρος||squirrel}} Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), {{m|grc|σκιά||shadow}} σκιά (skiá, “shadow”), {{m|grc|οὐρά||tail}} οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sciurine (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of squirrels. Tags: not-comparable Categories (lifeform): Squirrels Synonyms (characteristic of squirrels): squirrellike
    Sense id: en-sciurine-en-adj-FGxy4dRm Disambiguation of Squirrels: 45 55

Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪjʊɹaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsaɪjʊɹɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sciurines [plural]
Etymology: Latin sciūrus (“squirrel”), from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), + -ine. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sciūrus||squirrel}} Latin sciūrus (“squirrel”), {{der|en|grc|σκίουρος||squirrel}} Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), {{m|grc|σκιά||shadow}} σκιά (skiá, “shadow”), {{m|grc|οὐρά||tail}} οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun}} sciurine (plural sciurines)
  1. A member of the squirrel subfamily of Sciurinae. Categories (lifeform): Squirrels Hypernyms: sciurid
    Sense id: en-sciurine-en-noun-3PyxLvn9 Disambiguation of Squirrels: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ine: 14 86

Inflected forms

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