suslik

suslik

English

Alternative forms

• souslik

Etymology

From Russian су́слик (súslik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌslɪk/, /ˈsʊslɪk/
• Rhymes: -ʌslɪk, -ʊslɪk

Noun

suslik (plural susliks)

1. Any of several large Eurasian squirrels, of the genera Citellus or Spermophilus
2. The fur of these animals

Usage notes

• There is some disagreement over the taxonomy of these animals; the species traditionally lumped into a broadly defined genus Spermophilus have more recently been divided among many genera.

Synonyms

• (squirrel): sisel, zizel; spermophile, ground squirrel, gopher

Hyponyms

• russet ground squirrel

Translations

Spermophilus or Citellus

Bashkir: йомран (yomran) Belarusian: су́слік m (súslik) Bulgarian: лалугер (bg) m (laluger) Chinese: Mandarin: 歐黃鼠／欧黄鼠 (ōuhuángshǔ) Czech: sysel (cs) m Finnish: suslikki (fi) French: souslik (fr) m, zisel (fr) m German: Ziesel (de) m Greek: λαγόγυρος m (lagógyros) Hungarian: ürge (hu) Japanese: ハタリス (hatarisu), ヨーロッパハタリス (Yōroppa hatarisu), ジリス (jirisu) Macedonian: сто́болка f (stóbolka) Middle High German: zisemūs Mongolian: зурам (mn) (zuram) Old High German: zisimūs Polish: suseł (pl) m Romanian: popândău (ro) m Russian: су́слик (ru) m (súslik) Slovak: syseľ m Ukrainian: ховра́х m (xovráx), ховрашо́к m (xovrašók)

Anagrams

• Sulkis