gopher tortoise — noun burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America • Syn: ↑gopher turtle, ↑gopher, ↑Gopherus polypemus • Hypernyms: ↑tortoise • Member Holonyms: ↑Gopherus, ↑genus Gopher … Useful english dictionary
gopher tortoise — any North American burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, esp. G. polyphemus, of the southeastern U.S.: several species are now reduced in number. Also called gopher turtle, gopher. [1785 95; see GOPHER1] * * * … Universalium
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