ground squirrel
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like burrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Earely antelopes are seen, but wolves, rabbits, and sundry ground squirrels abound."
- "Many ground squirrels sit up and look like prairie dogs, but a ground squirrel can be recognized by its longer face and tall."
- "2003, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Integrated Pest Management for Walnuts, UCANR Publication 3270, page 23, In some areas, ground squirrels may present a potential health problem because they carry ectoparasites that may transmit diseases such as bubonic plague to humans. The adult California ground squirrel has a head and body 9 to 11 inches (23-28 cm) long and a somewhat bushy tail that is about as long as the body."
- "Pocket gophers appear to be abundant in the APWRA on both sides of Altamont Pass Road, whereas ground squirrels appear to be abundant only on the north side."
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
African ground squirrel
Arctic ground squirrel
Barbary ground squirrel
Belding's ground squirrel
bristly ground squirrel
California ground squirrel
Cape ground squirrel
Columbian ground squirrel