Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: thir-teen--lined -ground squir-rel
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ictidomys tridecemlineatus, a ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America, having 13 alternating brown and whitish longitudinal lines (sometimes partially broken into spots) on its back and sides.

Inflected Forms

thirteen-lined ground squirrels (plural)

Synonyms

leopard ground squirrel leopard squirrel leopard-spermophile striped gopher squinney

Questions

What does thirteen-lined ground squirrel mean?: Ictidomys tridecemlineatus, a ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America, having 13 alternating brown and whitish longitudinal lines (sometimes partially broken into spots) on its back and sides.

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