pocket gopher
pocket gopher noun: any of the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, regarded as the "true" gophers, native North and Central America.
Noun
pocket gopher (plural pocket gophers)
- Any of the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, regarded as the "true" gophers, native North and Central America.
- The pocket gophers are New World endemics for which the fossil history commences in the late Miocene (Kurtén and Anderson, 1980).1998, B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway, Land Mammals of Oregon, page 223
- Produced by pocket gophers, which push soil upward as they burrow along under the surface, soil tubes are most apparent where the soil is rocky.2005, Ernest H. Williams Jr., The Nature Handbook : A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors, page 158
- Synonyms:
- geomyid
Synonyms of pocket gopher
Forms of pocket gopher
| plural | pocket gophers |
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Words formed from pocket gopher
- camas pocket gopher
- eastern pocket gopher
- giant pocket gopher
- smooth-toothed pocket gopher
- western pocket gopher
Questions about pocket gopher
- What does pocket gopher mean?
- Pocket gopher means any of the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, regarded as the "true" gophers, native North and Central America.
- What part of speech is pocket gopher?
- Pocket gopher is a noun.
- What is the plural of pocket gopher?
- The plural of pocket gopher is pocket gophers.
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