gopher

noun [C]

/ˈɡəʊ.fər/

/ˈɡoʊ.fɚ/

Definition

› a North American animal that lives in holes that it makes in the groundRodents and similar animals

(Definition of gopher noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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