1. n.1 (in full pocket gopher) any burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, native to N. America, having external cheek pouches and sharp front teeth.
2 a N. American ground squirrel.
3 a tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, native to the southern US, that excavates tunnels as shelter from the sun.
Phrases and idioms:
gopher snake a cribo.
Etymology: 18th c.: orig. uncert. 2. n.1 Bibl. a tree from the wood of which Noah's ark was made.
2 (in full gopher-wood) a tree, Cladrastis lutea, yielding yellowish timber.
Etymology: Heb. goper