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flicker-tail
flick·er·tail
/
ˈflɪk
ərˌteɪl
/
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flik
-er-teyl
]
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noun
Richardson ground squirrel
.
Origin:
1885–90,
Americanism;
flicker
1
+
tail
1
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flickertail
noun
of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
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