suslik

English

Alternative forms

• souslik

Etymology

From Russian су́слик (súslik).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

suslik (countable and uncountable, 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
• Esperanto: zizelo
• Finnish: suslikki (fi)
• French: souslik (fr) m, zisel (fr) m
• German: Ziesel (de) m
• Greek: λαγόγυρος m (lagógyros)
• Hungarian: ürge (hu)
• Ingrian: suslikka
• 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