Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spermophile \Sper"mo*phile\, n. [Gr. spe`rma a seed + fi`los
   loving, fond.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}; a gopher.
   See Illust. under {Gopher}.

Source : WordNet®

spermophile
     n : any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New
         Worlds; often destroy crops [syn: {ground squirrel}, {gopher}]