antelope squirrel

noun

variants or less commonly antelope chipmunk

: a small ground squirrel (Citellus leucurus) of the western U.S. having a white undersurface of the tail that when displayed over the back suggests the white rump of the American antelope

also : any of several similar and closely related rodents

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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