Found 1 hit - Term: leopard spermophile, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [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
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