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Webster 1913 Edition

Suslik

Sus′lik

,

Noun.

[Russ.

súslik’

.]

(Zool.)

A ground squirrel (

Spermophilus citillus

) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches.

[Written also

souslik

.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Suslik

SUS'LIK

,

Noun.

A spotted animal of the rat kind. A quadruped of the genus Arctomys, of a yellowish brown color, with small white spots; the earless marmot.

Definition 2024

suslik

suslik

English

Alternative forms

souslik

Noun

suslik ‎(plural susliks)

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

Usage notes

There is some disagreement over the taxonomy of these animals

Synonyms

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

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 m
French: souslik (fr) m, zisel (fr) m
German: Ziesel (de) m

Japanese: ハタリス ‎(hatarisu), ヨーロッパハタリス ‎(Yōroppa hatarisu), ジリス ‎(jirisu)
Mongolian:
Polish: suseł (pl) m
Romanian: popândău (ro) m
Russian: су́слик (ru) m ‎(súslik)
Slovak: syseľ m
Ukrainian: ховра́х m ‎(xovráx), ховрашо́к m ‎(xovrašók)