| 单词 | prairie squirrel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprairie squirrel prairie squirrel n. (a) = prairie dog n. 1; (b) a North American ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting the prairies. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Cynomys (prairie-dog) prairie dog1804 wishtonwish1806 prairie squirrel1808 squirrel1808 prairie marmot1826 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Spermophilus (spermophile) > species richardsoni (Richardson's squirrel) ground-squirrel1726 prairie squirrel1808 Richardson's ground squirrel1839 picket-pin1901 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) ii. 155 We..killed some prairie squirrels, or wishtonwishes. 1857 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1856: Agric. 73 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 65, Pt. 4) XVI These are with great propriety called ‘Prairie Squirrels’, for their true home is on the prairie. 1936 Amer. Midland Naturalist 17 182 (heading) Franklin's Ground-Squirrel, Franklin's Gopher, Prairie Squirrel, Gray Gopher. 1941 Vestal Short Grass Country 61 In the '90s some enterprising ranchers killed and dressed prairie dogs which they shipped east to market as ‘prairie squirrels’. 1992 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Oct. e3 Chipmunks are rodents like groundhogs, prairie squirrels, beaver, muskrat, rats and mice. < as lemmas |
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