genus spermophilus

1. 1.

   typical ground squirrels

   SynonymsCitellusgenus CitellusSpermophilus

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofSciuridae

Questions about genus spermophilus

What does genus spermophilus mean?

genus spermophilus means "typical ground squirrels".

What is another word for genus spermophilus?

Close synonyms include Citellus, genus Citellus, Spermophilus. 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 genus spermophilus a common word?

genus spermophilus 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.