English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of gopher

gopher

/noun/ गोफर; धानीमूष;
/verb/खोदना; खोदकर ढूंढना;

Synonym gofer; suslik; dig;

English Dictionary:

1. Gopher

[n.]

- One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
- One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.
- A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.
- A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.