ground squirrel
English
Noun
ground squirrel (countable and uncountable, plural ground squirrels)
- Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
- 1987, Peter Alden, Fiona Reid, Mammals, Peterson Field Guide Color-in Books, page 21,
- Many ground squirrels sit up and look like prairie dogs, but a ground squirrel can be recognized by its longer face and tall.
- 2003, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Integrated Pest Management for Walnuts, UCANR Publication 3270, page 23,
- In some areas, ground squirrels may present a potential health problem because they carry ectoparasites that may transmit diseases such as bubonic plague to humans.
- The adult California ground squirrel has a head and body 9 to 11 inches (23-28 cm) long and a somewhat bushy tail that is about as long as the body.
- 2003, Lourdes Rugge, Carl G. Thelander, K. Shawn Smallwood, Bird Risk Behaviors and Fatalities at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, page 23,
- Pocket gophers appear to be abundant in the APWRA on both sides of Altamont Pass Road, whereas ground squirrels appear to be abundant only on the north side.
- 1987, Peter Alden, Fiona Reid, Mammals, Peterson Field Guide Color-in Books, page 21,
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- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, squirrel.
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Hyponyms
- (medium-sized rodent of Marmotini): suslik
- (squirrel-like borrowing rodent of Marmotini or Xerini): groundhog, chipmunk, marmot, prairie dog, suslik
Derived terms
- bristly ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- four-striped ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- golden-mantled ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- long-clawed ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- long-tailed ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- mantled ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- red-cheeked ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- ring-tailed ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- round-tailed ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- speckled ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- spotted ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- striped ground squirrel
- thirteen-lined ground squirrel(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- unstriped ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- yellow ground squirrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Translations
Spermophilus
References
- “ground squirrel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.