GOPHER TURTLE

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Meaning:

Burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

Synonyms:

gopher; gopher tortoise; gopher turtle; Gopherus polypemus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gopher turtle" is a kind of...):

tortoise (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)

Holonyms ("gopher turtle" is a member of...):

genus Gopherus; Gopherus (gopher tortoises)