suslik

suslik
/sus"lik/, n.
1. a common ground squirrel or spermophile, Spermophilus (Citellus) citellus, of Europe and Asia.
2. the fur of this animal.
Also, souslik.
[1765-75; < Russ súslik, ORuss susolu, akin to Czech, Slovak sysel, Pol susel, Bulg susel ground squirrel, rat, perh. ult. from an imit. v. base *sys-, *sus- whistle, hiss]

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rodent
also spelled  souslik 

      any of the 13 species of Eurasian ground squirrels (ground squirrel) belonging to the genus Spermophilus.

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