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Rodent in field seen by gent circling right then left
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ground squirrel
Word definitions for ground squirrel in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches [syn: eastern chipmunk , hackee , striped squirrel , Tamias striatus ] any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops [syn: gopher , spermophile ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chipmunk \Chip"munk`\, n. [Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias , sometimes called the striped squirrel , chipping squirrel , ground squirrel , hackee . The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus . [Written ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (&lit ground squirrel) 2 Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe (taxlink Marmotini tribe noshow=1) (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs). 3 Any of the squirrel-like borrowing ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The ground squirrel is another mammal that has adopted the practice of throwing things - primarily at its main predators, snakes.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents ( Sciuridae ) which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees. The term is most often used for the medium-sized ground squirrels, as the larger ones are more commonly known as ...
Usage examples of ground squirrel.
And Jerry, comprehending the anger, though not its cause, stopped in his digging for a ground squirrel and looked up with a growl among the trees.
A fleeting moment of guilt stopped her as she remembered the ground squirrel.
She glanced around at the young fiend who crouched and poked a stick into a ground squirrel's hole.
A little farther, O'Neill identified a squadron of birds pursuing a ground squirrel.
Light enough, anyway, for me to see that the shrub behind which I had sat hunched all night was only a wizened, nearly leafless huixachi, which would not adequately have hidden a ground squirrel.
His partner returns with a babbled story about swirling leaves, melting trees, the hind parts of a ground squirrel sticking out of solid once-dirt, and of a man lost to the astonishing explosion of a nearby bush, wood turned to sharp-edged metallic shrapnel.
In places the grass was growing already, and ground squirrel ran and foraged busily.
I fear that they ask of me the strength of a fomorian giant, the speed of a frightened deer, the wariness of a ground squirrel, and the calm and wisdom of a centuries-old elf.