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Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds
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spermophile
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops [syn: ground squirrel , gopher ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spermophile \Sper"mo*phile\, n. [Gr. spe`rma a seed + fi`los loving, fond.] (Zo["o]l.) Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus ; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher .
Usage examples of spermophile.
Middle West, especially in Indiana, the little spermophile, sometimes called the ground-squirrel, is common and not afraid to venture into the outskirts of a village.