spermophile
[ spur-muh-fahyl, -fil ]
/ ˈspɜr məˌfaɪl, -fɪl /
noun
any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
Words nearby spermophile
spermine,
spermiogenesis,
spermo-,
spermogonium,
spermolith,
spermophile,
spermophyte,
spermotoxic,
spermotoxin,
spermous,
sperrin mountains
Example sentences from the Web for spermophile
Harris saw a Spermophile, of what species none of us could tell.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 |Maria R. Audubon
British Dictionary definitions for spermophile
spermophile
/ (ˈspɜːməʊˌfaɪl) /
noun
any of various North American ground squirrels of the genera Citellus, Spermophilopsis, etc, regarded as pests in many regions
Word Origin for spermophile
C19: from
sperm (
at)
o- +
-phile, on the model of New Latin
spermophilus a seed-lover