gopher

1. A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
2. A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
3. A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
4. A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
5. A Golang programmer.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡəʊfə/

Etymology

Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (doublet of waffle). Alternatively, from Muskogean.

Synonyms

ground squirrel

goffer

chipmunk

🐿️

pocket gopher

Gopherus polypemus

gopher turtle

pouched rat

gopher tortoise

ground-squirrel

spermophile

suslik

hyrax

eastern chipmunk

hackee

pocket rat

souslik

striped squirrel

burrow

possibly also mole

errand boy

flunky

footman

handyman

helper

lackey

prairie dog

salamander

valet

batman

hodman

Translations

suseł

Taschenratte

Erdeichhörnchen

spermophile

Gopherschildkröte

gaufre

Ziesel

Erdhörnchen

kräuseln

ardilla terrestre

souslik

είδος σκίουρου

γεωμύξ

Zieselmaus

Beutelratte