The difference between Ground squirrel and Marmot

When used as nouns, ground squirrel means any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs), whereas marmot means any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera marmota and cynomys in the squirrel family.


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  1. Ground squirrel as a noun:

    Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).

  2. Ground squirrel as a noun:

    Any of the squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribes Marmotini and .

  3. Ground squirrel as a noun:

  1. Marmot as a noun:

    Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.