Sciurus is an English word starting with the letter S. With 2 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Sciurus in a sentence
Synonyms of Sciurus
Using Sciurus
- Useful related words include: genus sciurus, mammal genus.
Context around Sciurus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sciurus
- In this selection, "sciurus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, word and translates stand out and add context to how "sciurus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include latin word sciurus and tamia and sciurus translates into. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sciurus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sciurus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That two-part genus nomenclature — tamia and sciurus — translates into “an animal that caches food and has a shadow tail,” respectively. (21 words)
Etymology That word "squirrel", first attested in 1327, comes from the Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from the Old French escurel, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus. (28 words)
Etymology That word "squirrel", first attested in 1327, comes from the Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from the Old French escurel, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus. (28 words)
That two-part genus nomenclature — tamia and sciurus — translates into “an animal that caches food and has a shadow tail,” respectively. (21 words)
Example sentences (2)
That two-part genus nomenclature — tamia and sciurus — translates into “an animal that caches food and has a shadow tail,” respectively.
Etymology That word "squirrel", first attested in 1327, comes from the Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from the Old French escurel, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus.