rock squirrel

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

   SynonymsCitellus variegatus

   Broaderground squirrel

Questions about rock squirrel

What does rock squirrel mean?

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

What is another word for rock squirrel?

Close synonyms include Citellus variegatus. 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 rock squirrel a common word?

rock squirrel 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.