Gopher

['gəʊfə]

解释:

(noun.) burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America.

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解释:

(n.) One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

(n.) One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.

(n.) A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.

(n.) A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Mulo, pouched rat (Pseudostoma bursarius or Geomys bursarius).[2]. Prairie squirrel.

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解释:

n. (B.) a kind of wood generally supposed identical with cypress.

n. a name in America applied to the prairie dog the pouched rat and to the land tortoise of the southern states.—v.i. to burrow to mine in a small way.

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