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