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"code": "nb",
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"note": "of the family Geomyidae",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kinnposerotte"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"note": "of the family Geomyidae",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kinnposerotte"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ieedkota"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suseł"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geômis"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "súslik",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "су́слик"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "syseľ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geómido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tuza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taltuza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kindpåsråtta"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xovráx",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ховра́х"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xovrašók",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ховрашо́к"
},
{
"code": "yua",
"lang": "Yucatec Maya",
"sense": "a small burrowing rodent",
"word": "baj"
}
],
"word": "gopher"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/əʊfə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/əʊfə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"en:Rodents",
"en:Tortoises"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "gophers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "gopher (plural gophers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "gofer"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015 March 12, Bill Mann, “The film that makes me cry: Local Hero”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and Gas, so he sends an executive gopher named MacIntyre (because that sounds Scottish, yeah – played by Peter Riegert) to close the deal and get the pipeline pencilled in.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of gofer"
],
"links": [
[
"gofer",
"gofer#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡəʊfə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡoʊfɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊfə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gopher.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gopher.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gopher.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gopher.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gopher.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "gopher"
}
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