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leopardisiiseli

Pronunciation: /ˈleopɑrdiˌsiːseli/

“leopardisiiseli” is a Finnish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. thirteen-lined ground squirrel, striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, squinney, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus, syn. Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (small brownish ground squirrel, with 13 alternating brown and whitish longitudinal lines on its back and sides)

Etymology

leopardi (“leopard”) + siiseli (“ground squirrel”), calque of English leopard ground squirrel

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