单词 | european souslik |
释义 | > as lemmasEuropean souslik Any of various short-tailed ground squirrels of the genus Spermophilus, native to steppes and grasslands of northern Eurasia, esp. (in full European souslik) S. citellus, which has a range extending into Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Spermophilus (spermophile) > spermophilus citellus (suslik) earless marmot1771 souslik1774 zizel1775 pouched marmot1870 sisel1879 1774 tr. J. von Stæhlin Acct. New Northern Archipel. 32 The speckled field-mouse (Mus Citellus), which they call Jewraschki or Suslik [Ger. Suslik]. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 441/2 The zizel or souslic marmot. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 270/1 The sousliks are very quarrelsome among themselves. 1950 O. A. Titelbaum tr. L. S. Berg Nat. Regions U.S.S.R. vi. 123 Among the fauna of the semidesert the suslik is very prominent: the sand, or yellow suslik (Citellus fulvus), which is found from the Volga eastward, and the small suslik (C. pygmaeus), which is native to the clayey steppe. 1980 G. Corbet & D. Ovenden Mammals Brit. & Europe 42 Spotted souslik. Spermophilus suslicus. As European souslik but distinctly spotted and tail shorter. 2008 G. Gorman Central & Eastern European Wildlife 34 Besides hunting sousliks, steppe polecats will also usurp their burrows. < as lemmas |
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