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    SPERMOPHILUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Typical ground squirrelsplay

    Synonyms:

    Citellus; genus Citellus; genus Spermophilus; Spermophilus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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