English noun: spermophile |
1. | spermophile (animal) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops |
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| Synonyms | gopher, ground squirrel |
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| Broader (hypernym) | squirrel |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, Arctic ground squirrel, Citellus citellus, Citellus lateralis, Citellus leucurus, Citellus parryi, Citellus richardsoni, Citellus variegatus, flickertail, mantled ground squirrel, parka squirrel, Richardson ground squirrel, rock squirrel, souslik, suslik, whitetail antelope squirrel |
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| Member meronym | Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, Spermophilus |
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