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fear of squirrels
Can be pronounced: ski-ooro-phobia or she-ooro-phobia (more Italianate)
etymology:
squirrel <-- squirel (olde Englishe) <-- esquirel or escurel (old French) <-- squirelus (Late Latin) <-- sciurus (Latin) <-- skia [shade] + oura [tale] (classical Greek)
If you've got a phobia that you need treated, the folks at UCSF might be able to help.