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striped marmot

• a gopher, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, having stripes down its back.

  See also: gopher  

  • 1819  (1823)  Mr. Black killed a small striped marmot.
  • 1908  [Richardson found this species [striped spermophile] quite common at Carleton House, Saskatchewan.]