spermophile vs ground squirrel

spermophile and ground squirrel both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of spermophile include gopher.

spermophile (noun)	ground squirrel (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