spermophilus

English Thesaurus

1. typical ground squirrels (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	gopher, ground squirrel, spermophile,
definition	:	any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family sciuridae, sciuridae,
definition	:	a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles (noun.animal)