NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern pocket gopher mean? 

• NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER has 1 sense:

1. greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER (noun)

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Meaning:

Greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

northern pocket gopher; Thomomys talpoides

Hypernyms ("northern pocket gopher" is a kind of...):

gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America)

Holonyms ("northern pocket gopher" is a member of...):

genus Thomomys; Thomomys (western pocket gophers)