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

  1. 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).

  2. Ground squirrel as a noun:

    Any of the squirrel-like borrowing rodents of the tribes Marmotini and .

  3. Ground squirrel as a noun:

  1. Spermophile as a noun:

    A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel.