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GOPHER TORTOISE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Synonyms:
gopher; gopher tortoise; gopher turtle; Gopherus polypemus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gopher tortoise" is a kind of...):
tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)
Holonyms ("gopher tortoise" is a member of...):
genus Gopherus; Gopherus (gopher tortoises)