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GOPHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Synonyms:
gopher; gopher tortoise; gopher turtle; Gopherus polypemus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gopher" is a kind of...):
tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)
Holonyms ("gopher" is a member of...):
genus Gopherus; Gopherus (gopher tortoises)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
Synonyms:
gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("gopher" is a kind of...):
pocket rat (any of various rodents with cheek pouches)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gopher"):
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)
Holonyms ("gopher" is a member of...):
family Geomyidae; Geomyidae (North American pocket gophers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
Synonyms:
gopher; ground squirrel; spermophile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("gopher" is a kind of...):
squirrel (a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gopher"):
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)
Holonyms ("gopher" is a member of...):
Citellus; genus Citellus; genus Spermophilus; Spermophilus (typical ground squirrels)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A native or resident of Minnesota
Synonyms:
Gopher; Minnesotan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gopher" is a kind of...):
American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
Synonyms:
goffer; gopher
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gopher" is a kind of...):
busy bee; eager beaver; live wire; sharpie; sharpy (an alert and energetic person)
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