ground squirrel
ground squirrel noun: any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like burrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
Noun
ground squirrel (countable and uncountable, plural ground squirrels)
- Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like burrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
- Earely antelopes are seen, but wolves, rabbits, and sundry ground squirrels abound.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
- Many ground squirrels sit up and look like prairie dogs, but a ground squirrel can be recognized by its longer face and tall.1987, Peter Alden, Fiona Reid, Mammals, Peterson Field Guide Color-in Books, page 21
- Any of the other squirrel-like burrowing rodents of the subfamily Marmotinae.
ground squirrel meaning in Persian
ground squirrel in Persian
- Spermophilus
- کلاوو kalâvu
Forms of ground squirrel
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Words formed from ground squirrel
- African ground squirrel
- Arctic ground squirrel
- Barbary ground squirrel
- Belding's ground squirrel
- bristly ground squirrel
- California ground squirrel
- Cape ground squirrel
- Columbian ground squirrel
- four-striped ground squirrel
- golden-mantled ground squirrel
- gray ground squirrel
- long-clawed ground squirrel
- long-tailed ground squirrel
- mantled ground squirrel
- mountain ground squirrel
- red-cheeked ground squirrel
- Richardson's ground squirrel
- ring-tailed ground squirrel
- round-tailed ground squirrel
- russet ground squirrel
- speckled ground squirrel
- spotted ground squirrel
- striped ground squirrel
- thirteen-lined ground squirrel
- three-striped ground squirrel
- tufted ground squirrel
- unstriped ground squirrel
- yellow ground squirrel
Questions about ground squirrel
- What does ground squirrel mean?
- Ground squirrel means any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like burrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
- What is ground squirrel in Persian?
- Ground squirrel in Persian is کلاوو (kalâvu). See Ground squirrel meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is ground squirrel?
- Ground squirrel is a noun.
- What is the plural of ground squirrel?
- The plural of ground squirrel is ground squirrels.
Words near ground squirrel in the dictionary
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