spermophile

sperm·o·phile  (spûrm-fl)

n.

The ground squirrel.

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spermophile [ˈspɜːməʊˌfaɪl]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various North American ground squirrels of the genera Citellus, Spermophilopsis, etc., regarded as pests in many regions

[from sperm(at)o- + -phile, on the model of New Latin spermophilus a seed-lover]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spermophile - any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops ground squirrel, gopher squirrel - a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, Spermophilus - typical ground squirrels antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, Citellus leucurus, whitetail antelope squirrel - small ground squirrel of western United States Citellus lateralis, mantled ground squirrel - common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk Citellus citellus, souslik, suslik - rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni, flickertail, Richardson ground squirrel - of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada Citellus variegatus, rock squirrel - large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States Arctic ground squirrel, Citellus parryi, parka squirrel - large ground squirrel of the North American far north