thirteen-lined ground squirrel

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.

Similar
leopard ground squirrelleopard squirrelleopard-spermophilestriped gophersquinney
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Meanings

nounthirteen-lined ground squirrel (plural thirteen-lined ground squirrels)

plural thirteen-lined ground squirrels

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: leopard ground squirrel, leopard squirrel, leopard-spermophile, striped gopher, squinney

Synonyms & antonyms

nounIctidomys 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.

Similar
leopard ground squirrelleopard squirrelleopard-spermophilestriped gophersquinney
Also see
leopard ground squirrelleopard-spermophileleopard squirrelstriped gopher

Translations

Polish paskosuseł lamparci
  • paskosuseł lamparcirodent
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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