suslik

English

Alternative forms

souslik

Etymology

From Russian су́слик (súslik).

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

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

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