Definition of Spermophile

1. Noun. Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops.


Definition of Spermophile

1. n. Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.

Definition of Spermophile

1. Noun. A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel ¹

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Definition of Spermophile

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Medical Definition of Spermophile

1. Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; gopher. Origin: Gr. A seed + loving, fond. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Literary usage of Spermophile

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1. The Viviparious Quadrupeds of North America by John James Audubon, John Bachman (1846)
"... -SpERMOPHILE. PLATE XXXIX.—MALE AND FEMALE. Natural size. ... spermophile, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mamm. ..."

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