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gopher tortoise

gopher tortoise noun: any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.

Noun

gopher tortoise (plural gopher tortoises)

  1. Any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.

Forms of gopher tortoise

pluralgopher tortoises

Origin of gopher tortoise

By surface analysis, gopher (“burrowing rodent”, compare translingual Gopherus) + tortoise.

Questions about gopher tortoise

What does gopher tortoise mean?
Gopher tortoise means any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.
What part of speech is gopher tortoise?
Gopher tortoise is a noun.
What is the plural of gopher tortoise?
The plural of gopher tortoise is gopher tortoises.

Words near gopher tortoise in the dictionary

  1. gopher snakes
  2. gopher spurge
  3. gopher spurges
  4. Gopher State
  5. Gopher Stater
  6. gopher tortoise
  7. gopher tortoises
  8. gopher wood
  9. gopherlike
  10. gophers
  11. gopherspace

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