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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Russ.

súslik’

(Zool.)

A ground squirrel (

Spermophilus citillus

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

[Written also

souslik

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.