SPERMOPHILE


Meaning of SPERMOPHILE in English

/sperr"meuh fuyl', -fil/ , n.

any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, esp. of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus ), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.

[ 1815-25; SPERMO- + -PHILE, modeled on NL spermophilus ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .