Synonyms:
gopher_tortoise, gopher_turtle, gopher, Gopherus_polypemus
Meaning: burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
Synonyms:
gopher, pocket_gopher, pouched_rat
Meaning: burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
Synonyms:
ground_squirrel, gopher, spermophile
Meaning: any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
Synonyms:
Minnesotan, Gopher
Meaning: a native or resident of Minnesota
Synonyms:
goffer, gopher
Meaning: a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
Usage examples
What is Gopher Prairie to you?"
I don't belong to Gopher Prairie.
GOPHER PRAIRIE was digging in for the winter.
Tell me, Mr. Pollock, what is the matter with Gopher Prairie?"
Now, for a week, he was commissioner general of Gopher Prairie.
He picked up the cloisonne vase. Across it he peered at her with such loneliness that she was startled. But his eyes faded into impersonality as he talked of the jealousies of Gopher Prairie.
There's one thing that's the matter with Gopher Prairie, at least with the ruling-class (there is a ruling-class, despite all our professions of democracy). And the penalty we tribal rulers pay is that our subjects watch us every minute.
It was so rich-looking to sit and drive--and so easy. Skiing and sliding were "stupid" and "old-fashioned." In fact, the village longed for the elegance of city recreations almost as much as the cities longed for village sports; and Gopher Prairie took as much pride in neglecting coasting as St. Paul--or New York--in going coasting.