Defenition of the word gopher
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Defenition of the word gopher
- a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
- burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
- burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
- any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
- a native or resident of Minnesota
Synonyms for the word gopher
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- goffer
- gopher tortoise
- gopher turtle
- Gopherus polypemus
- ground squirrel
- pocket gopher
- pouched rat
- spermophile
Meronymys for the word gopher
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- Citellus
- family Geomyidae
- genus Citellus
- genus Gopherus
- genus Spermophilus
- Geomyidae
- Gopherus
- Spermophilus
Hyponyms for the word gopher
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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
Hypernyms for the word gopher
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- american
- busy bee
- eager beaver
- live wire
- pocket rat
- sharpie
- sharpy
- squirrel
- tortoise
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