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SPERMOPHILUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spermophilus mean? 

SPERMOPHILUS (noun)
  The noun SPERMOPHILUS has 1 sense:

1. typical ground squirrelsplay

  Familiarity information: SPERMOPHILUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPERMOPHILUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Typical ground squirrels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Citellus; genus Citellus; genus Spermophilus; Spermophilus

Hypernyms ("Spermophilus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Spermophilus"):

gopher; ground squirrel; spermophile (any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops)

Holonyms ("Spermophilus" is a member of...):

family Sciuridae; Sciuridae (a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles)


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