"pocket gopher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pocket gophers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pocket gopher (plural pocket gophers)
  1. Any of the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, regarded as the "true" gophers. Wikipedia link: pocket gopher Categories (lifeform): Rodents Synonyms (any species of Geomyidae): geomyid Derived forms: camas pocket gopher, eastern pocket gopher (taxonomic: Geomys spp.), giant pocket gopher (taxonomic: Orthogeomys spp.), smooth-toothed pocket gopher (taxonomic: Thomomys spp.), western pocket gopher (alt: = smooth-toothed pocket gopher) Translations (rodent of the family Geomyidae): goffer (Dutch), wangzakratte (Dutch), zakratte (Dutch), taskurotta (Finnish), Taschenratte [feminine] (German), gopher dalle tasche [masculine] (Italian), naʼazísí (Navajo), kinnposerotte [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kinnposerotte [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gofferowate [nonvirile] (Polish)

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