ground-squirreln.
1. A terrestrial squirrel-like rodent: (a) of the genus Tamias; esp. the chipmuck ( T. striatus) of the U.S; (b) of the genus Spermophilus; = gopher n.1 2.
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ground-squirrel1726
spermophile1824
gopher1874
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Tamias (ground-squirrel)
ground-squirrel1726
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Spermophilus (spermophile) > species richardsoni (Richardson's squirrel)
ground-squirrel1726
prairie squirrel1808
Richardson's ground squirrel1839
picket-pin1901
1726 in Braintree (Mass.) Rec. 115 Whosoever should kill any ground squirrels should have threepence per head.
1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 378 This creature is called a ground squirrel, at Churchill fort.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 284 The ground squirrel, or little striped squirrel of Pennsylvania.
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Ground squirrel, a name sometimes erroneously given to the striped and spotted prairie squirrel (Spermophilus tredecimlineatus).
1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 91 The true Ground Squirrels (Tamias) are distinguished from the rest of the Squirrels (Sciurinæ), and approach the Marmots.
1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 125 The numerous species of Ground-squirrels (Spermophilus).
1884 Standard Nat. Hist. V. 126 The Ground-squirrels proper or Chipmunks (Tamias),—a small genus comprising some of the prettiest and most familiar representatives of the family.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xvi. 269 The ground squirrel (Spermophilus guttatus).
2. An African squirrel of the genus Xerus.
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palm squirrel1771
sugar squirrel1846
Schizodon1848
ground-squirrel1867
1867 Sclater in Proc. Zool. Soc. 817 Seven Ground-squirrels (Xerus getulus) from..Morocco.
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