ground_squirrel (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *ground squirrel*:
NOUN	animal	ground squirrel, eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus	small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
animal	ground squirrel, gopher, spermophile	any of various terrestrial / terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds

English > *ground squirrel*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
Synonyms	eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus
Member of	Tamias, genus Tamias	chipmunks of eastern North America
Broader	squirrel	A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail

English > *ground squirrel*: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	Any of various terrestrial / terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops.
Synonyms	gopher, spermophile
Member of	Citellus, genus Citellus, Spermophilus, genus Spermophilus	typical ground squirrels
Narrower	Arctic ground squirrel, parka squirrel, Citellus parryi	large ground squirrel of the North American far north
	antelope squirrel, whitetail antelope squirrel, antelope chipmunk, Citellus leucurus	small ground squirrel of western United States
	flickertail, Richardson ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni	Of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
	mantled ground squirrel, Citellus lateralis	Common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America
	rock squirrel, Citellus variegatus	large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States
	suslik, souslik, Citellus citellus	Rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel
Broader	squirrel	A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
Spanish	ardilla terrera, spermophile
Catalan	esquirol de terra, spermophile

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