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a ground squirrel marked with stripes, esp. the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.[1940-45, Amer.]
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striped gopher — noun or striped ground squirrel : a ground squirrel that is striped; especially : thirteen lined ground squirrel * * * a ground squirrel marked with stripes, esp. the thirteen lined ground squirrel. [1940 45, Amer.] * * * striped gopher, =… … Useful english dictionary
striped prairie squirrel — Gopher Go pher, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[ae]}; called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gopher — Go pher, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[ae]}; called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See {Pocket … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gopher drift — Gopher Go pher, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[ae]}; called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
striped spermophile — noun see striped squirrel 2 * * * striped spermophile, a common striped ground squirrel of the western plains of North America; striped gopher … Useful english dictionary
striped ground squirrel — I. noun see striped gopher II. noun see thirteen lined ground squirrel … Useful english dictionary
gopher — ☆ gopher1 [gō′fər ] n. [< ? Fr gaufre, honeycomb (see GOFFER): so called from its habit of burrowing] 1. any of a family (Geomyidae) of burrowing rodents about the size of a large rat, with wide cheek pouches; pocket gopher 2. any of a number… … English World dictionary
pocket gopher — Gopher Go pher, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[ae]}; called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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