gopher : Idioms & Phrases
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Gopher drift
(Mining) , an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. Raymond.
Webster 1913
gopher hole
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noun a hole in the ground made by gophers
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gopher snake
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noun large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and Mexico
Drymarchon corais; indigo snake.
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noun bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows
Pituophis melanoleucus.
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gopher state
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noun a midwestern state
MN; Minnesota; North Star State.
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gopher tortoise
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noun burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Gopherus polypemus; gopher tortoise; gopher.
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gopher turtle
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noun burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Gopherus polypemus; gopher tortoise; gopher.
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gopher wood
Go"pher wood`
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Heb.Definitions
A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.
Webster 1913
northern pocket gopher
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noun greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States
Thomomys talpoides.
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plains pocket gopher
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noun gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
Geomys bursarius.
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Pocket gopher
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noun burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
pouched rat; gopher.
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(Zoöl.) , any one of several species of American rodents of the generaGeomys , andThomomys , familyGeomydæ . They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called alsopouched gopher .
Webster 1913
Pouched gopher , ∨ Pouched rat
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(Zoöl.) SeePocket gopher , underPocket .
Webster 1913
southeastern pocket gopher
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noun gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida
Geomys pinetis.
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valley pocket gopher
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noun of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
Thomomys bottae.