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CITELLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Citellus mean?
• CITELLUS (noun)
The noun CITELLUS has 1 sense:
1. typical ground squirrels
Familiarity information: CITELLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Typical ground squirrels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Citellus; genus Citellus; genus Spermophilus; Spermophilus
Hypernyms ("Citellus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Citellus"):
gopher; ground squirrel; spermophile (any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops)
Holonyms ("Citellus" is a member of...):
family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)
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