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gopher

noun

  1. any of a family (Geomyidae) of burrowing rodents about the size of a large rat, with wide cheek pouches; pocket gopher
  2. any of a number of striped ground squirrels (genus Citellus) found on the prairies of North America
  3. a burrowing land tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) found in SE U.S.
  4. Informal a person born or living in Minnesota, called the

noun

Slang gofer

See gopher in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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