Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ground_squirrel

2 senses of ground squirrel

Sense 1
eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, ground squirrel, Tamias striatus -- (small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches)
       => squirrel -- (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)

Sense 2
ground squirrel, gopher, spermophile -- (any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops)
       => squirrel -- (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)