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gopher

15 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) gopher (noun)
  2. 2) gopher
  3. gofer (noun)
  4. gopher ball (noun)
  5. gopher frog (noun)
  6. gopher hole (noun)
  7. gopher plant (noun)
  8. gopher plum (noun)
  9. gopher snake (noun)
  10. gopher tortoise (noun)
  11. gopher wood (noun)
  12. pocket gopher (noun)
  13. striped gopher (noun)
  14. pouched rat (noun)
  15. thirteen-lined ground squirrel (noun)

1go·pher

noun \ˈgō-fər\

Definition of GOPHER

1
: a burrowing land tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) of the southern United States; broadly : any of several related land tortoises —called also gopher tortoise
2
a : any of a family (Geomyidae) of burrowing rodents of western North America, Central America, and the southern United States that are the size of a large rat and have large cheek pouches opening beside the mouth —called also pocket gopher b : any of several small ground squirrels (genus Spermophilus) of the prairie region of North America
3
: gopher ball
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Origin of GOPHER

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1791

Rhymes with GOPHER

chauffeur, gofer, loafer, Ophir

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