citellus lateralis

1. 1.

   common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk

   Synonymsmantled ground squirrel

   Broaderground squirrel

Questions about citellus lateralis

What does citellus lateralis mean?

citellus lateralis means "common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk".

What is another word for citellus lateralis?

Close synonyms include mantled ground squirrel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is citellus lateralis a common word?

citellus lateralis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.