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pocket gopher

n.
See gopher.
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pocket gopher

n
(Animals) the full name for gopher1
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go•pher1

(ˈgoʊ fər)

n.
1. Also called pocket gopher. any New World burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, having a stout body, a short tail, and external cheek pouches.
2. ground squirrel.
3. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Minnesota (used as a nickname).
[1785–95; earlier megopher, magopher a burrowing land tortoise]

go•pher2

(ˈgoʊ fər)

n. Slang.
gofer.
[1925–30; resp. of gofer by association with gopher1]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pocket gopher - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouchespocket gopher - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
pouched rat, gopher
pocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouches
family Geomyidae, Geomyidae - North American pocket gophers
Geomys bursarius, plains pocket gopher - gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
Geomys pinetis, southeastern pocket gopher - gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida
Thomomys bottae, valley pocket gopher - of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides - greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States
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