pelt vs squirrel

pelt and squirrel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No
squirrel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, squirrel is a hyponym of pelt; that is, squirrel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pelt:

pelt (noun)	squirrel (noun)
body covering of a living animal	a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal	the fur of a squirrel

pelt (verb)	squirrel (verb)
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
rain heavily