mungofan.

Brit.

/mʌnˈɡəʊfə/, U.S.

/ˌməŋˈɡoʊfə/

Forms: 1700s magooffer, 1700s megopher, 1800s magofer, 1800s– mungofa.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Western Muskogean.

Etymology: Apparently < a Western Muskogean word, perhaps in the sense ‘one that scoops out’; compare Oklahoma Chickasaw yaakni' makofa' gopher (a rodent) < yaakni' earth + ma- , of unknown origin + kofa- , cognate with Creek koːf- to scoop out. The unshortened English word is attested only in the sense ‘tortoise’, but it remains uncertain which animal the word first referred to (see gopher n.¹), either in Muskogean or in English. Compare later gopher n.¹

Chiefly U.S. regional (southern). Now rare.

The gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Geomyidae (gopher)

sand rat1781

tuza1787

mungofa1789

salamander1805

gopher1814

pocket gopher1873

the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Testudinae > testudo carolina (gopher)

gopher1791

mungofa1844

1789 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 11 July 4/2 [The dog] expired by the mouth of a megopher's hole.

1836 J. E. Holbrook N. Amer. Herpetol. I. 41 Testudo polyphemus—Daudin. Synonymes... Gopher and Mungofa, Vulgo.

1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 509/1 I'd have taken a magofer's grip upon him, and not let go.

1844 J. E. Gray Catal. Tortoises Brit. Mus. 4 The Gopher or Mungofa. Testudo Gopher.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XII. 245/2 The flesh of the gopher or mungofa, as it is also called, is considered excellent eating.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mungofa
释义	mungofan. Brit. /mʌnˈɡəʊfə/, U.S. /ˌməŋˈɡoʊfə/ Forms: 1700s magooffer, 1700s megopher, 1800s magofer, 1800s– mungofa. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Western Muskogean. Etymology: Apparently < a Western Muskogean word, perhaps in the sense ‘one that scoops out’; compare Oklahoma Chickasaw yaakni' makofa' gopher (a rodent) < yaakni' earth + ma- , of unknown origin + kofa- , cognate with Creek koːf- to scoop out. The unshortened English word is attested only in the sense ‘tortoise’, but it remains uncertain which animal the word first referred to (see gopher n.¹), either in Muskogean or in English. Compare later gopher n.¹ Chiefly U.S. regional (southern). Now rare. The gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Geomyidae (gopher) sand rat1781 tuza1787 mungofa1789 salamander1805 gopher1814 pocket gopher1873 the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Testudinae > testudo carolina (gopher) gopher1791 mungofa1844 1789 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 11 July 4/2 [The dog] expired by the mouth of a megopher's hole. 1836 J. E. Holbrook N. Amer. Herpetol. I. 41 Testudo polyphemus—Daudin. Synonymes... Gopher and Mungofa, Vulgo. 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 509/1 I'd have taken a magofer's grip upon him, and not let go. 1844 J. E. Gray Catal. Tortoises Brit. Mus. 4 The Gopher or Mungofa. Testudo Gopher. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XII. 245/2 The flesh of the gopher or mungofa, as it is also called, is considered excellent eating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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