单词 | spermophile |
释义 | spermophile[ spur-muh-fahyl, -fil ] / ˈspɜr məˌfaɪl, -fɪl / nounany of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks. Origin of spermophile1815–25; spermo- + -phile, modeled on New Latin spermophilus Words nearby spermophilespermiogenesis, spermo-, spermogonium, sperm oil, spermolith, spermophile, spermophyte, spermotoxic, spermotoxin, spermous, sperm washing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spermophile
British Dictionary definitions for spermophilespermophile / (ˈspɜːməʊˌfaɪl) / nounany of various North American ground squirrels of the genera Citellus, Spermophilopsis, etc, regarded as pests in many regions Word Origin for spermophileC19: from sperm (at) o- + -phile, on the model of New Latin spermophilus a seed-lover Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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