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grey squirrel

British  

noun

  1. a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established

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The project could help eradicate the grey squirrel in the UK without killing them, says environment minister Lord Benyon.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2022

The traditional way of managing the grey squirrel population is by culling them.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2022

A photographer has captured a remarkable image of a red squirrel just before it attacks a grey squirrel for getting too close, British news agency South West News Service reports.

From Fox News • Jul. 24, 2020

But no such effect could be found in the naked mole rat, they claimed, nor in its similarly long-lived cousins, the grey squirrel, the chinchilla, and the chipmunk.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2011

Another time I was sitting in the woods for grey squirrel early in October.

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