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Definition of Ground squirrel

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

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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