Meaning

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

    Gopherschildkröte

    го́ферgófer

    го́ферhófer

    burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

Translations

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Українська
By meaning 1
individual of the genus Gopherus of tortoises:
Русский
By meaning 1
individual of the genus Gopherus of tortoises:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
individual of the genus Gopherus of tortoises:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: gopher tortoises
Singulargopher tortoise
Pluralgopher tortoises

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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