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