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gopher tortoise
noun(go-pher)
a burrowing land tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) of the southern U.S.; broadly : any of several related land tortoises —called also gopher tortoise
gopher tortoise
noun(go-pher)
any of a family (Geomyidae) of burrowing rodents of western North America, Central America, and the southern U.S. that are the size of a large rat and have large cheek pouches opening beside the mouth —called also pocket gopher
gopher tortoise
noun(go-pher)
any of several small ground squirrels (genus Spermophilus) of the prairie region of North America

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