ground squirrel

noun

any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias.circ;circ;

Origin of ground squirrel

An Americanism dating back to 1680–90

Words nearby ground squirrel

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Example sentences from the Web for ground squirrel

And while he slept the ground-squirrel ravaged the pockets of his shabby coat.

K |Mary Roberts Rinehart
One of the members presented a question as to why a ground-squirrel in digging left no dirt around the entrance to its hole.

Jokes For All Occasions |Anonymous
The ground-squirrel's first chirrup heard, a sure sign, according to some old worthies, of decided spring weather.

Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1899 |Various
Some brush and a large quantity of ground-squirrel holes is all the land contains.

Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 |Sherburne Friend Cook

With all his wisdom, man has not evolved and placed here so much as a ground-squirrel, a sparrow or a clam.

Our Vanishing Wild Life |William T. Hornaday

British Dictionary definitions for ground squirrel

ground squirrel

noun

any burrowing sciurine rodent of the genus Citellus and related genera, resembling chipmunks and occurring in North America, E Europe, and Asia Also called: gopher

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ground squirrel

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British Dictionary definitions for ground squirrel

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ground squirrel

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