English > spermophile: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of various terrestrial / terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops. |
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| Synonyms | ground squirrel, gopher |
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| Member of | Citellus, genus Citellus, Spermophilus, genus Spermophilus | typical ground squirrels |
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| Narrower | Arctic ground squirrel, parka squirrel, Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | ardilla terrera, spermophile |
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| Catalan | esquirol de terra, spermophile |
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