ground squirrel vs spermophile

ground squirrel and spermophile both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ground squirrel	Yes	No	No	No
spermophile	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ground squirrel and spermophile are synonyms defined as:

ground squirrel and spermophile: any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

Other synonyms of ground squirrel include gopher.

ground squirrel (noun)	spermophile (noun)
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops	any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches