gopher (redirected from Pocket gophers)

go·pher  (gfr)

n.

1. Any of various short-tailed, burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae of North America, having fur-lined external cheek pouches. Also called pocket gopher.

2. Any of various ground squirrels of the genus Citellus of North American prairies.

3. Any of several burrowing tortoises of the genus Gopherus, especially G. polyphemus of the southeast United States.

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[Probably short for earlier megopher, gopher tortoise, of unknown origin.]

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gopher [go-fer]

Noun

an American burrowing rodent with wide cheek pouches [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gopher - a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) goffer busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie, sharpy - an alert and energetic person
	2.	Gopher - a native or resident of Minnesota Minnesotan American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
	3.	gopher - any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops spermophile, ground squirrel squirrel - a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail Citellus, genus Citellus, genus Spermophilus, Spermophilus - typical ground squirrels antelope chipmunk, antelope squirrel, Citellus leucurus, whitetail antelope squirrel - small ground squirrel of western United States Citellus lateralis, mantled ground squirrel - common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk Citellus citellus, souslik, suslik - rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni, flickertail, Richardson ground squirrel - of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada Citellus variegatus, rock squirrel - large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States Arctic ground squirrel, Citellus parryi, parka squirrel - large ground squirrel of the North American far north
	4.	gopher - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America pocket gopher, pouched rat 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
	5.	gopher - burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, Gopherus polypemus tortoise - usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica genus Gopherus, Gopherus - gopher tortoises

Translations

gopher [ˈgəufəʳ] n (Zool) → Taschenratte f