单词 | black squirrel |
释义 | > as lemmasblack squirrel black squirrel n. a melanistic form of the (eastern) grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of which there are several populations in North America. ΚΠ 1682 T. Amy Carolina 22 There are..the Red, the Grey, the Fox and Black Squirrels. 1742 J. Bartram Lett. (1992) 194 I have seen scores of black squirrels beyond ye mountains. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 401/2 The black squirrels have been considered by some to be a variety of the Sciurus cinereus, or of the Sciurus vulpinus, and by others have been referred to Sciurus capistratus. 2007 Garden City (Kansas) Telegr. 7 May 3/2 The town's governing body in August 1972 passed legislation to protect the black squirrel and proclaim the animal as the town's official mascot. < as lemmas |
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