gopher
Meaning
- A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
- A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
- A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
- A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
- A Golang programmer.
Synonyms
Gopherus polypemus
gopher turtle
pouched rat
ground-squirrel
eastern chipmunk
pocket rat
striped squirrel
possibly also mole
Translations
Erdeichhörnchen Gopherschildkröte
ardilla terrestre
souslik
είδος σκίουρου γεωμύξ ZieselmausFrequency
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.
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