[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gopher \go"pher\, n. f. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. see
   gauffer. zool.
   1. one of several north american burrowing rodents of the
      genera geomys and thomomys, of the family
      geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched
      rat. see pocket gopher, and tucan.
      1913 webster

   note: the name was originally given by french settlers to
         many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the
         earth.
         1913 webster

   2. one of several western american species of the genus
      spermophilus, of the family sciuridae; as, the gray
      gopher spermophilus franklini and the striped gopher
      s. tridecemlineatus; -- called also striped prairie
      squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile.
      see spermophile.
      1913 webster

   3. a large land tortoise testudo carilina of the southern
      united states, which makes extensive burrows.
      1913 webster

   4. a large burrowing snake spilotes couperi of the
      southern united states.
      1913 webster

   gopher drift mining, an irregular prospecting drift,
      following or seeking the ore without regard to regular
      grade or section. --raymond.
      1913 webster
see also:
gauffer geomys thomomys geomyidae pocket gopher pouched rat 
pocket gopher tucan spermophilus sciuridae spermophilus franklini 
s. tridecemlineatus striped prairie squirrel leopard marmot leopard spermophile spermophile 
testudo carilina spilotes couperi gopher drift 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prairie \prai"rie\, n. f., an extensive meadow, of. praerie,
   ll. prataria, fr. l. pratum a meadow.
   1. an extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
      trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
      characterized by a deep, fertile soil. they abound
      throughout the mississippi valley, between the alleghanies
      and the rocky mountains.
      1913 webster

            from the forests and the prairies,
            from the great lakes of the northland. --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   2. a meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
      natural meadow.
      1913 webster

   prairie chicken zool., any american grouse of the genus
      tympanuchus, especially tympanuchus americanus
      formerly tympanuchus cupido, which inhabits the
      prairies of the central united states. applied also to the
      sharp-tailed grouse.

   prairie clover bot., any plant of the leguminous genus
      petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in
      dense terminal heads or spikes. several species occur in
      the prairies of the united states.

   prairie dock bot., a coarse composite plant silphium
      terebinthaceum with large rough leaves and yellow
      flowers, found in the western prairies.

   prairie dog zool., a small american rodent cynomys
      ludovicianus allied to the marmots. it inhabits the
      plains west of the mississippi. the prairie dogs burrow in
      the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
      that of a dog. called also prairie marmot.

   prairie grouse. same as prairie chicken, above.

   prairie hare zool., a large long-eared western hare
      lepus campestris. see jack rabbit, under 2d jack.
      

   prairie hawk, prairie falcon zool., a falcon of western
      north america falco mexicanus. the upper parts are
      brown. the tail has transverse bands of white; the under
      parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.

   prairie hen. zool. same as prairie chicken, above.

   prairie itch med., an affection of the skin attended with
      intense itching, which is observed in the northern and
      western united states; -- also called swamp itch,
      winter itch.

   prairie marmot. zool. same as prairie dog, above.

   prairie mole zool., a large american mole scalops
      argentatus, native of the western prairies.

   prairie pigeon, prairie plover, or prairie snipe
      zool., the upland plover. see plover, n., 2.

   prairie rattlesnake zool., the massasauga.

   prairie snake zool., a large harmless american snake
      masticophis flavigularis. it is pale yellow, tinged
      with brown above.

   prairie squirrel zool., any american ground squirrel of
      the genus spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; -- called
      also gopher.

   prairie turnip bot., the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
      root of a leguminous plant psoralea esculenta of the
      upper missouri region; also, the plant itself. called also
      pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie.

   prairie warbler zool., a bright-colored american warbler
      dendroica discolor. the back is olive yellow, with a
      group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and
      the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of
      the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer
      tail feathers partly white.

   prairie wolf. zool. see coyote.
      1913 webster
see also:
prairie chicken tympanuchus tympanuchus americanus tympanuchus cupido prairie clover petalostemon 
prairie dock silphium terebinthaceum prairie dog cynomys ludovicianus prairie marmot 
prairie grouse prairie hare lepus campestris jack rabbit jack 
prairie hawk prairie falcon falco mexicanus prairie hen prairie itch 
swamp itch winter itch prairie marmot prairie mole scalops argentatus 
prairie pigeon prairie plover prairie snipe plover prairie rattlesnake 
prairie snake masticophis flavigularis prairie squirrel spermophilus gopher 
prairie turnip psoralea esculenta pomme blanche pomme de prairie prairie warbler 
dendroica discolor prairie wolf coyote 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gopher
     n 1: a zealously energetic person especially a salesman syn: goffer
     2: any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of old and new
        worlds; often destroy crops syn: ground squirrel, spermophile
     3: burrowing rodent of the family geomyidae having large
        external cheek pouches; of central america and
        southwestern north america syn: pocket gopher, pouched
        rat
     4: burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern north america
        syn: gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, gopherus
        polypemus
see also:
goffer ground squirrel spermophile pocket gopher pouched rat gopher tortoise 
gopher turtle gopherus polypemus 

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

gopher n. a type of internet service first floated around 1991 and
   obsolesced around 1995 by the world wide web. gopher presents a menuing
   interface to a tree or graph of links; the links can be to documents,
   runnable programs, or other gopher menus arbitrarily far across the net.

   some claim that the gopher software, which was originally developed at
   the university of minnesota, was named after the minnesota gophers a
   sports team. others claim the word derives from american slang `gofer'
   from "go for", dialectal "go fer", one whose job is to run and fetch
   things. finally, observe that gophers dig long tunnels, and the idea of
   tunneling through the net to find information was a defining metaphor
   for the developers. probably all three things were true, but with the
   first two coming first and the gopher-tunnel metaphor serendipitously
   adding flavor and impetus to the project as it developed out of its
   concept stage.

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

gopher
     
         a distributed document retrieval
        system which started as a campus wide information system at
        the university of minnesota, and which was popular in the
        early 1990s.
     
        gopher is defined in rfc 1436.  the protocol is like a
        primitive form of http which came later.  gopher lacks the
        mime features of http, but expressed the equivalent of a
        document's mime type with a one-character code for the
        "gopher object type".  at time of writing 2001, all web
        browers should be able to access gopher servers, although few
        gopher servers exist anymore.
     
        tim berners-lee, in his book "weaving the web" pp.72-73,
        related his opinion that it was not so much the protocol
        limitations of gopher that made people abandon it in favor of
        http/html, but instead the legal missteps on the part of the
        university where it was developed:
     
        "it was just about this time, spring 1993, that the university
        of minnesota decided that it would ask for a license fee from
        certain classes of users who wanted to use gopher.  since the
        gopher software being picked up so widely, the university was
        going to charge an annual fee.  the browser, and the act of
        browsing, would be free, and the server software would remain
        free to nonprofit and educational institutions.  but any other
        users, notably companies, would have to pay to use gopher
        server software.
     
        "this was an act of treason in the academic community and the
        internet community.  even if the university never charged
        anyone a dime, the fact that the school had announced it was
        reserving the right to charge people for the use of the gopher
        protocols meant it had crossed the line.  to use the
        technology was too risky.  industry dropped gopher like a hot
        potato."
     
        2001-03-31
     
     
see also:
distributed campus wide information system university of minnesota rfc 1436 http mime 
mime type gopher object type tim berners-lee html 

[6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

gopher
   a tree from the wood of which noah was directed to build the ark
   gen. 6:14. it is mentioned only there. the lxx. render this
   word by "squared beams," and the vulgate by "planed wood." other
   versions have rendered it "pine" and "cedar;" but the weight of
   authority is in favour of understanding by it the cypress tree,
   which grows abundantly in chaldea and armenia.
   

Gopher >> G Words
Gopher, definition of term: Gopher
gopher_pag1.html

Gopher Wood >> G Words
Gopher Wood, definition of term: Gopher Wood
gopher+wood_pag1.html

Gopher Tortoise >> G Words
Gopher Tortoise, definition of term: Gopher Tortoise
gopher+tortoise_pag1.html

Gopher Publishers
... ..
http://www.gopher.nl/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:26 pm

Gopher Tortoise Council
...Copyright 2001, the Gopher Tortoise Council, a nonprofit and tax- ... The Gopher Tortoise Council (GTC) was formed in 1978 by a group of ... ..
http://www.gophertortoisecouncil.org/, score=98, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:33 pm

Gopher Manifesto
...... Gopher Sites: gopher://gopher.floodgap.com (WAS gopher://gopher.ptloma. ... gopher://gopher.browser.org/ http://gopher.browser.org/ gopher:// ... ..
http://www.scn.org/~bkarger/gopher-manifesto, score=97, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 12:49 am

Human Resource Management HrGOpher Over 50,000 HR Links - Business Management ...
...Now Open!   The HR Gopher Forums.  · Absenteeism.  · Arbitration, ... HR Gopher Site Reference.  · How Do I Use This Site?.  · Suggest a ... ..
http://www.hrgopher.com/, score=96, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:13 pm

Gopher Productions - Music, Arts, Entertainment
...Gopher's website features Gopher's Underground Music Store with the ... how to contact us Welcome to Gopher's website.. Sit back and relax as ... ..
http://www.gopherp.com/, score=96, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:24 pm

Public Gopher Proxy @ Floodgap.com
...Floodgap Public Gopher Proxy. Gopher is a well-known information ... General Information on Gopher. Where do gopher wranglers hang out? ... ..
http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/, score=95, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 6:37 pm

Jigs for Fishing Bass, Walleye & Pike
...Gopher Tackle Manufacturing Company. The Gopher Tackle Mfg. factory is ... Gopher Tackle maufacturers of tournament grade fishing tackle for bass ... ..
http://www.gophertackle.com/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:09 am

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