gopher tortoise

English

Etymology

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

Noun

gopher tortoise (plural gopher tortoises)

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

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