Also zisel. [ad. G. ziesel (also zieselmaus, -ratte; in MHG. zisel; cf. also OHG. zisemûs dormouse = OE. sisemús).] The ground-squirrel Spermophilus citillus; = SUSLIK.
1785. Smellie, Buffon’s Nat. Hist. (1791), VIII. 229. The Zisel, or Earless Marmot.
1833. Penny Cycl., I. 441/2. The zizel or souslic marmot.
1893. Edin. Rev., Jan., 20. Other Southern districts [were visited] by zisels and worms.
