Crossword clues for spermophile
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
spermophile
n. A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel
WordNet
spermophile
n. any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops [syn: ground squirrel, 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.