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Webster 1913 Edition
Spermophile
Sper′mo-phile
,Noun.
[Gr.
σπέρμα
a seed + φίλοσ
loving, fond.] (Zool.)
Any ground squirrel of the genus
Spermophilus
; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher
. Definition 2024
spermophile
spermophile
English
Noun
spermophile (plural spermophiles)
- A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel
- "Seek spermophile who lives on the plains of the West and is often called gopher, is the true ground squirrel."