squirrel

Converse of object

• slumber: He took the other end of the seat, lifting the still slumbering squirrel to his knee.
• fly: In addition flying squirrels seemed to slightly prefer some types of edges.
• chase: She was a really energetic dog and she used to chase squirrels for ages, and she loved her walks.
• introduce: Introduced gray squirrels, through the diseases they carry, have driven our native red squirrels into severe decline.
• shoot: While shooting squirrels in the woods, Bert accidentally nicks a man, who appears to be suffering from a disgusting disease.
• feed: Don't forget to take some peanuts to feed the gray squirrels that live in the grounds.

Adjective modifier

• gray: A gray squirrel is busy digging in the lawn near the feeder.
• Red: Red squirrels - the tail can often be darker than the rest of its coat.
• red: The future of the red squirrel in Scotland is also far from secure.
• gray: A gray squirrel runs away from a group of mushrooms.
• native: The native red squirrel is no longer seen in the woodland, presumably driven out by its larger American cousin.
• tame: Lots of gardens and forest to explore, including some extremely tame red squirrels which are rather a novelty for us islanders.

Modifies a noun

• poxvirus: Gray squirrels are also a potential host to the disease, squirrel poxvirus which is normally fatal in reds.
• pox: Squirrel pox was found last summer by the Moredun Research Institute near Edinburgh in gray squirrels coming across the border from Cumbria.
• monkey: Squirrel Monkeys - The seven squirrel monkeys love their new enclosure.
• incursion: The occasional felling of a narrow belt of mature broadleaves may be justified where gray squirrel incursions are known to occur.
• feeder: Just don't encourage them into the garden by hanging out non squirrel proof bird feeders.
• conservation: Red Alert Red squirrel conservation program by the Wildlife Trusts.

Noun used with modifier

• gray: Admin 19 April 2006 to 19 April 2006 The gray squirrel?
• ground: On one of the faces there was the remains of a ground squirrel nest, with a squirrel skeleton still curled up inside.