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spermophile |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spermophile n : any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops [syn: {ground squirrel}, {gopher}]
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