Definition of Ground squirrel

1. Noun. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.

Exact synonyms: Eastern Chipmunk, Hackee, Striped Squirrel, Tamias Striatus
Generic synonyms: Squirrel
Group relationships: Genus Tamias, Tamias

2. Noun. Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Squirrel

ground plan
ground pounder
ground proximity warning system
ground proximity warning systems
ground rattler
ground rent
ground roller
ground rose
ground rule
ground rules
ground shark
ground sharks
ground sloth
ground snake
ground spider
ground squirrel (current term)
ground state
ground stroke
ground substance
ground swell
ground swells
ground tackle
ground tissue
ground water
ground wave
ground zero
ground zeroes
groundable
groundage
groundages

Literary usage of Ground squirrel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"The pouched rat; also a ground squirrel. 1812 The Gopher lives underground, in the prairies, and is of Louisiana,'p. 58. (NED) 1835 Like a real Gopher [Mr. ..."

2. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"Wax thoroughly the points of union, and tie a cloth band tightly about the trees over both extremities of the scions. ground squirrel or ..."

3. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"CALIFORNIA GROUND-SQUIRREL. Transition, Upper and Lower Austral, g, 10, 1I, 12, 13. 30. ... FISHER GROUND-SQUIRREL. Upper and lower Austral, 4, 5, 15. 32. ..."

4. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The Dusky-striped Ground-Squirrel (Jerdon's No. 158). HABITAT.—The mountains of Ceylon and Southern India. DESCRIPTION.—Smaller than the palm squirrel; ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In the United States, where there are more kinds of ground-squirrel than in any other part of the world, those of the genus ..."

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