citellus variegatus

1. 1.

   large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States

   Synonymsrock squirrel

   Broaderground squirrel

Questions about citellus variegatus

What does citellus variegatus mean?

citellus variegatus means "large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States".

What is another word for citellus variegatus?

Close synonyms include rock 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 variegatus a common word?

citellus variegatus 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.