Meaning of SPERMOPHILE
| Pronunciation: | | 'spurmu`fIl
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops |
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| | Synonyms: | | gopher, ground squirrel |
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| | See Also: | | antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, Arctic ground squirrel, Citellus, Citellus citellus, Citellus lateralis, Citellus leucurus, Citellus parryi, Citellus richardsoni, Citellus variegatus, flickertail, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, mantled ground squirrel, parka squirrel, Richardson ground squirrel, rock squirrel, souslik, Spermophilus, squirrel, suslik, whitetail antelope squirrel | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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