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单词 pocket gopher
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pocket gopher


pocket gopher

n. See gopher.

pocket gopher

n (Animals) the full name for gopher1

go•pher1

(ˈgoʊ fər)

n. 1. Also called pocket gopher. any New World burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, having a stout body, a short tail, and external cheek pouches. 2. ground squirrel. 3. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Minnesota (used as a nickname). [1785–95; earlier megopher, magopher a burrowing land tortoise]

go•pher2

(ˈgoʊ fər)

n. Slang. gofer. [1925–30; resp. of gofer by association with gopher1]
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Noun1.pocket gopher - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouchespocket gopher - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North Americapouched rat, gopherpocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouchesfamily Geomyidae, Geomyidae - North American pocket gophersGeomys bursarius, plains pocket gopher - gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North AmericaGeomys pinetis, southeastern pocket gopher - gopher of Alabama and Georgia and FloridaThomomys bottae, valley pocket gopher - of valleys and mountain meadows of western United Statesnorthern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides - greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States

pocket gopher


pocket gopher:

see gophergopher
or pocket gopher,
name for the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, found in North America and Central America. The gopher is gray, buff, or dark brown. Its combined head and body length is 5 to 12 in.
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pocket gopher

[′päk·ət ‚gō·fər] (vertebrate zoology) gopher
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pocket gopher


  • noun

Synonyms for pocket gopher

noun burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches

Synonyms

  • pouched rat
  • gopher

Related Words

  • pocket rat
  • family Geomyidae
  • Geomyidae
  • Geomys bursarius
  • plains pocket gopher
  • Geomys pinetis
  • southeastern pocket gopher
  • Thomomys bottae
  • valley pocket gopher
  • northern pocket gopher
  • Thomomys talpoides
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