Associations to the word «Gopher»

Wiktionary

GOPHER, noun. A small burrowing rodent, especially in the family Geomyidae.
GOPHER, noun. The gopher tortoise
GOPHER, noun. Alternative spelling of gofer
GOPHER, noun. (Internet) an Internet protocol for document search and retrieval.
GOPHER BALL, noun. (baseball) A pitched ball hit for a home run.
GOPHER BALLS, noun. Plural of gopher ball
GOPHER STATE, proper noun. Minnesota
GOPHER TORTOISE, noun. Any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.
GOPHER WOOD, noun. The wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark - not yet identified

Dictionary definition

GOPHER, noun. A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman).
GOPHER, noun. A native or resident of Minnesota.
GOPHER, noun. Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops.
GOPHER, noun. Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America.
GOPHER, noun. Burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America.

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