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FLICKERTAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flickertail mean?
• FLICKERTAIL (noun)
The noun FLICKERTAIL has 1 sense:
1. of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
Familiarity information: FLICKERTAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Citellus richardsoni; flickertail; Richardson ground squirrel
Hypernyms ("flickertail" is a kind of...):
gopher; ground squirrel; spermophile (any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops)
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