spermophile

The ground squirrel.

A rodent quadruped of the genus Spermophilus, as a ground-squirrel or suslik, of which there are numerous species in Europe, Asia, and North America. See cuts under suslik and Spermophilus.

A fringilline bird of the genus Spermophila; a little seed-eater, of which there are numerous Central and South American species. See cut under grassquit.

Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under gopher.

A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel

any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops