spermophile

spermophile Definition

sper·mo·phile (spʉr′mə fīl′, -fil)

noun

any of several squirrel-like rodents, as the ground squirrels, that live in burrows, feed on vegetation, and sometimes damage crops

Etymology: < Gr sperma, a seed (see sperm) + -phile

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