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Spermophile

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.

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spermophile

n. A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel

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spermophile

n. any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops [syn: ground squirrel, gopher]

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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.