ground squirrel

noun

any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias.circ;circ;

Origin of ground squirrel

An Americanism dating back to 1680–90

Words nearby ground squirrel

groundskeeper, ground sloth, ground sluice, groundsman, groundspeed, ground squirrel, ground state, ground stroke, ground substance, groundswell, ground tackle

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Example sentences from the Web for ground squirrel

And while he slept the ground-squirrel ravaged the pockets of his shabby coat.
K|Mary Roberts Rinehart
One of the members presented a question as to why a ground-squirrel in digging left no dirt around the entrance to its hole.
Jokes For All Occasions|Anonymous
The ground-squirrel's first chirrup heard, a sure sign, according to some old worthies, of decided spring weather.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1899|Various
Some brush and a large quantity of ground-squirrel holes is all the land contains.
Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820|Sherburne Friend Cook

With all his wisdom, man has not evolved and placed here so much as a ground-squirrel, a sparrow or a clam.
Our Vanishing Wild Life|William T. Hornaday

British Dictionary definitions for ground squirrel

ground squirrel

noun

any burrowing sciurine rodent of the genus Citellus and related genera, resembling chipmunks and occurring in North America, E Europe, and AsiaAlso called: gopher

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单词	ground squirrel
释义	ground squirrel noun any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias.circ;circ; Origin of ground squirrel An Americanism dating back to 1680–90 Words nearby ground squirrel groundskeeper, ground sloth, ground sluice, groundsman, groundspeed, ground squirrel, ground state, ground stroke, ground substance, groundswell, ground tackle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ground squirrel And while he slept the ground-squirrel ravaged the pockets of his shabby coat. K\|Mary Roberts Rinehart One of the members presented a question as to why a ground-squirrel in digging left no dirt around the entrance to its hole. Jokes For All Occasions\|Anonymous The ground-squirrel's first chirrup heard, a sure sign, according to some old worthies, of decided spring weather. Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1899\|Various Some brush and a large quantity of ground-squirrel holes is all the land contains. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820\|Sherburne Friend Cook With all his wisdom, man has not evolved and placed here so much as a ground-squirrel, a sparrow or a clam. Our Vanishing Wild Life\|William T. Hornaday British Dictionary definitions for ground squirrel ground squirrel noun any burrowing sciurine rodent of the genus Citellus and related genera, resembling chipmunks and occurring in North America, E Europe, and AsiaAlso called: gopher Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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