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rock squirrel in American English US a ground squirrel (Citellus variegatus) with a gray body and black head, living mostly in rocky areas in the W U.S. and in Mexico rock squirrel in American Englishnouna large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S Word origin [1850–55 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, cloakroom, ethos, ethylene, heavyweight |