Noun: ground squirrel grawnd skwu-rul
- Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
"The farmer struggled to protect his fields from ground squirrels";
- gopher, spermophile
- Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
"The ground squirrel stuffed its cheeks with acorns";
- eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus
Derived forms: ground squirrels
Type of: squirrel
Part of: Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, genus Tamias, Spermophilus, Tamias
Encyclopedia: Ground squirrel