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English *noun*: ground squirrel
1.	ground squirrel (animal) small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
		Synonyms	eastern chipmunk, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus
		Broader (hypernym)	squirrel
		Member meronym	genus Tamias, Tamias

2.	ground squirrel (animal) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
		Synonyms	gopher, spermophile
		Broader (hypernym)	squirrel
		Narrower (hyponym)	antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, Arctic ground squirrel, Citellus citellus, Citellus lateralis, Citellus leucurus, Citellus parryi, Citellus richardsoni, Citellus variegatus, flickertail, mantled ground squirrel, parka squirrel, Richardson ground squirrel, rock squirrel, souslik, suslik, whitetail antelope squirrel
		Member meronym	Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, Spermophilus

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