MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mantled ground squirrel mean? 

• MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL (noun)
  The noun MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL has 1 sense:

1. common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk

  Familiarity information: MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Citellus lateralis; mantled ground squirrel

Hypernyms ("mantled ground squirrel" is a kind of...):

gopher; ground squirrel; spermophile (any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops)