| 单词 |
ground-squirrel |
| 释义 |
ground-squirrel
1. A terrestrial squirrel-like rodent:
a. of the genus Tamias; esp. the chipmuck (T. striatus) of the U.S.;
b. of the genus Spermophilus; = gopher n.1 2.
1772Forster in Phil. Trans. LXII. 378 This creature is called a ground squirrel, at Churchill fort. 1791W. Bartram Carolina 284 The ground squirrel, or little striped squirrel of Pennsylvania. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer., Ground squirrel, a name sometimes erroneously given to the striped and spotted prairie squirrel (Spermophilus tredecimlineatus). 1883Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 91 The true Ground Squirrels (Tamias) are distinguished from the rest of the Squirrels (Sciurinæ), and approach the Marmots. 1884Stand. Nat. Hist. V. 125 The numerous species of Ground-squirrels (Spermophilus). Ibid. 126 The Ground-squirrels proper or Chipmunks (Tamias),—a small genus comprising some of the prettiest and most familiar representatives of the family. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xvi. 269 The ground squirrel (Spermophilus guttatus).
2. An African squirrel of the genus Xerus.
1867Sclater in Proc. Zool. Soc. 817 Seven Ground-squirrels (Xerus getulus) from..Morocco. |
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