suslik

English

Alternative forms

souslik

Etymology

From Russian су́слик (súslik).

Pronunciation

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

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; 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

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