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Examples
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“The name squirrel comes from the Greek skiouros, which means shadow-tailed, because the tail is big enough to shade the rest of the animal.”
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Through somber umbrage of trees shadow-tailed squirrels flickered.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Through somber umbrage of trees shadow-tailed squirrels flickered.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Lolita, the shadow-tailed squirrel and the unforgettable ant in
The Guardian World News Martin Amis 2009
Telofy commented on the word shadow-tailed
Wait, I thought there was already a discussion about squirrels here... Only a few days ago I read about this shadowy tail of squirrels here on Wordie when I had just uploaded my latest squirrel video on YouTube. And then I read about squirreled on squirrelled. *discombobulated*
August 8, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word shadow-tailed
Its just a shadow tail of a squirrel all over again
August 8, 2009