The difference between Ground squirrel and Spermophile
When used as nouns, ground squirrel means any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs), whereas spermophile means a terrestrial burrowing rodent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ground squirrel and Spermophile
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Ground squirrel as a noun:
Any of a number of medium-sized squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribe Marmotini (i.e., excluding the smaller chipmunks and the larger marmots and prairie dogs).
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Ground squirrel as a noun:
Any of the squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribes Marmotini and .
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Ground squirrel as a noun:
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Spermophile as a noun:
A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel.