gopher

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

go·pher [gopher gophers] BrE [ˈɡəʊfə(r)] NAmE [ˈɡoʊfər] noun
1. (also ˈground squirrel)a N American animal like a ↑rat, that lives in holes in the ground
2. = ↑gofer
See also: ↑ground squirrel

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: perhaps from Canadian French gaufre ‘honeycomb’ (because the gopher “honeycombs” the ground with its burrows).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, Gopherus polypemus, pocket gopher, pouched rat, ground squirrel, spermophile, Minnesotan, Gopher, goffer