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GENUS GOPHERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gopherus mean? 

GENUS GOPHERUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS GOPHERUS has 1 sense:

1. gopher tortoisesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS GOPHERUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS GOPHERUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Gopher tortoises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Gopherus; Gopherus

Hypernyms ("genus Gopherus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Gopherus"):

gopher; gopher tortoise; gopher turtle; Gopherus polypemus (burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America)

desert tortoise; Gopherus agassizii (burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates)

Texas tortoise (close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates)

Holonyms ("genus Gopherus" is a member of...):

family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)


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