spermophile

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Noun

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sper=mo=phile

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun spermophile has 1 sense

spermophile(n = noun.animal) gopher, ground squirrel - any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops; Array

is a kind of squirrel

is a member of citellus, genus citellus, genus spermophilus, spermophilus

has particulars: antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, citellus leucurus, whitetail antelope squirrel, citellus lateralis, mantled ground squirrel, citellus citellus, souslik, suslik, citellus richardsoni, flickertail, richardson ground squirrel, citellus variegatus, rock squirrel, arctic ground squirrel, citellus parryi, parka squirrel

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CIDE DICTIONARY

spermophile, n. [Gr. spe`rma a seed + fi`los loving, fond.].

Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher. [1913 Webster]

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