noun. The ground squirrel.

noun. A rodent quadruped of the genus Spermophilus, as a ground-squirrel or suslik, of which there are numerous species in Europe, Asia, and North America. See cuts under suslik and Spermophilus.

noun. A fringilline bird of the genus Spermophila; a little seed-eater, of which there are numerous Central and South American species. See cut under grassquit.

noun. Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under gopher.

noun. A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel

noun. any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

"In the Middle West, especially in Indiana, the little spermophile, sometimes called the ground-squirrel, is common and not afraid to venture into the outskirts of a village."

squirrel  

antelope chipmunk  antelope squirrel  arctic ground squirrel  citellus citellus  citellus lateralis  

gopher  ground squirrel  

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