Definitions for ground-squirrel

ground-squirrel ground squirrel

Ground-Squirrel is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 1260 anagrams from letters in ground-squirrel (-degilnoqrrrsuu).

Definitions for ground-squirrel

noun

  1. any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias. circ;circ;

Origin of ground-squirrel

An Americanism dating back to 1680-90

Examples for ground-squirrel

Then the ground squirrel, that lives in the ground, instead of on the trees.

A new subspecies of ground squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) from Tamaulipas, Mexico.

The ground squirrel and kangaroo rat were found by us on only the sandy areas where there were xerophitic shrubs.

The ground squirrel, or chipmunk, digs holes in the ground, where he hides his winter's store of grain and nuts.

The bivouac was in the neighborhood of the ground squirrel bridge.

In California the ground squirrel (Citellus beecheyi), a rodent closely related to the marmots of Asia, plays a similar rle.

And certainly no ground squirrel could escape his sharp eyes.

One of the largest of these is the California ground squirrel.

A ground squirrel chirruped at him from a crevice of the wall.

This time it was a ground squirrel, not much larger than a lead-pencil.

Word Value for ground-squirrel
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

Word of the day