单词 | gopher |
释义 | gopher 1. n.   1. (in full pocket gopher) any burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, native to N. America, having external cheek pouches and sharp front teeth.   2. a N. American ground squirrel.   3. a tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, native to the southern US, that excavates tunnels as shelter from the sun. Phrases and idioms gopher snake a cribo. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. uncert. 2. n.   1. Bibl. a tree from the wood of which Noah's ark was made.   2. (in full gopher-wood) a tree, Cladrastis lutea, yielding yellowish timber. Etymology: Heb. goper |
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