noun
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
• Syn: ↑ground squirrel, ↑gopher
• Hypernyms: ↑squirrel
• Hyponyms:
↑antelope squirrel, ↑whitetail antelope squirrel, ↑antelope chipmunk, ↑Citellus leucurus, ↑mantled ground squirrel, ↑Citellus lateralis, ↑suslik, ↑souslik, ↑Citellus citellus, ↑flickertail, ↑Richardson ground squirrel, ↑Citellus richardsoni, ↑rock squirrel, ↑Citellus variegatus, ↑Arctic ground squirrel, ↑parka squirrel, ↑Citellus parryi
• Member Holonyms: ↑Citellus, ↑genus Citellus, ↑Spermophilus, ↑genus Spermophilus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.