ground squirrel

noun

Meaning

Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
Any of the squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribes Marmotini and Xerini.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

spermophile(English)hackee(English)gopher(English)eastern chipmunk(English)striped squirrel(English)tamias striatus(English)marmotine(English)marmot(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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