gopher
About 0.64 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
- noun A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
- noun A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
- noun A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
- noun A Go programmer.
- noun Alternative spelling of gofer (“worker who runs errands”).
Similar words
pocket gopher ground squirrel spermophile gopher tortoise goffer gopher turtle gopherus polypemus pouched rat rat marmot
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Word family
gofer gopher tortoise gophers pocket gopher
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