Gopher - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

Synonyms

• Gopherus polypemus
• gopher
• gopher tortoise
• gopher turtle

More generic

• tortoise

Related

• Gopherus
• genus Gopherus

Noun

burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America

Synonyms

• gopher
• pocket gopher
• pouched rat

More generic

• pocket rat

More specific

• Geomys bursarius
• Geomys pinetis
• Thomomys bottae
• Thomomys talpoides
• northern pocket gopher
• plains pocket gopher
• southeastern pocket gopher
• valley pocket gopher

Related

• Geomyidae
• family Geomyidae

Noun

any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

Synonyms

• gopher
• ground squirrel
• spermophile

More generic

• squirrel

More specific

• Arctic ground squirrel
• Citellus citellus
• Citellus lateralis
• Citellus leucurus
• Citellus parryi
• Citellus richardsoni
• Citellus variegatus
• Richardson ground squirrel
• antelope chipmunk
• antelope squirrel
• flickertail
• mantled ground squirrel
• parka squirrel
• rock squirrel
• souslik
• suslik
• whitetail antelope squirrel

Related

• Citellus
• Spermophilus
• genus Citellus
• genus Spermophilus

Noun

a native or resident of Minnesota

Synonyms

• Gopher
• Minnesotan

More generic

• American

Noun

a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

Synonyms

• goffer
• gopher

More generic

• busy bee
• eager beaver
• live wire
• sharpie
• sharpy

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