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GROUND SQUIRREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
Synonyms:
gopher; ground squirrel; spermophile
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ground squirrel" is a kind of...):
squirrel (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ground squirrel"):
antelope chipmunk; antelope squirrel; Citellus leucurus; whitetail antelope squirrel (small ground squirrel of western United States)
Citellus lateralis; mantled ground squirrel (common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk)
Citellus citellus; souslik; suslik (rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel)
Citellus richardsoni; flickertail; Richardson ground squirrel (of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada)
Citellus variegatus; rock squirrel (large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States)
Arctic ground squirrel; Citellus parryi; parka squirrel (large ground squirrel of the North American far north)
Holonyms ("ground squirrel" is a member of...):
Citellus; genus Citellus; genus Spermophilus; Spermophilus (typical ground squirrels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
Synonyms:
eastern chipmunk; ground squirrel; hackee; striped squirrel; Tamias striatus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ground squirrel" is a kind of...):
squirrel (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)
Holonyms ("ground squirrel" is a member of...):
genus Tamias; Tamias (chipmunks of eastern North America)
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