ground squirrel

Noun

Meaning

small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches

any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

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ground-squirrel

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Bates et al., 2006, pp. 306–307 The glans penis of a male cape ground squirrel is large with a prominent baculum. Source: Internet

In 1953, legislation to make the ground squirrel the state emblem was voted down in the state legislature. Source: Internet

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