spermophile

n. 欧黄鼠

发音

/ˈspɜː(ɹ)məfaɪl/

词形变化

spermophiles 复数 spermophiles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

gopher ground squirrel

上位词 1

squirrel

下位词 7

antelope squirrel Arctic ground squirrel flickertail mantled ground squirrel parka squirrel souslik suslik

词源

From Spermophilus from σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”) + φιλέω (philéō, “love”), hence, "seed-lover". This genus formerly included most of the terrestrial squirrels, but all of the North American species have been split off into separate genera.

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