gopher
/gˈoʊfɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
Noun
a native or resident of Minnesota
Noun
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
Noun
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
Noun
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Synonyms
goffer
gopher tortoise
gopher turtle
Gopherus polypemus
ground squirrel
Minnesotan
pocket gopher
pouched rat
spermophile
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antelope chipmunk
antelope squirrel
Arctic ground squirrel
Citellus citellus
Citellus lateralis
Citellus leucurus
Citellus parryi
Citellus richardsoni
Citellus variegatus
flickertail
Geomys bursarius
Geomys pinetis
mantled ground squirrel
northern pocket gopher
parka squirrel
plains pocket gopher
Richardson ground squirrel
rock squirrel
souslik
southeastern pocket gopher
suslik
Thomomys bottae
Thomomys talpoides
valley pocket gopher
whitetail antelope squirrel