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Meaning of SPERMOPHILE

Pronunciation:  'spurmu`fIl

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
 

SPERMOPHILE is a 11 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: gopher, ground squirrel
 
 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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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