Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gopher
Gopher
gopher
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
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I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1791 a burrowing land tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) of the southern United States, 2. any of a family (Geomyidae) of burrowing rodents of western North America, Central America, and the southern United States that are the size of a large rat and have large cheek pouches opening beside the mouth, any of several small ground squirrels (genus Spermophilus) of the prairie region of North America, ~ ball, see: gofer ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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