ground squirrel

Noun ground squirrel has 2 senses

• ground squirrel(n = noun.animal) eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, tamias striatus - small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches;
is a kind of squirrel
is a member of genus tamias, tamias

• ground squirrel(n = noun.animal) gopher, spermophile - any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops;
is a kind of squirrel
is a member of citellus, genus citellus, genus spermophilus, spermophilus
has particulars: antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, citellus leucurus, whitetail antelope squirrel, citellus lateralis, mantled ground squirrel, citellus citellus, souslik, suslik, citellus richardsoni, flickertail, richardson ground squirrel, citellus variegatus, rock squirrel, arctic ground squirrel, citellus parryi, parka squirrel