pocket gopher
noun
any of numerous burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, of western and southern North America and Central America, having large, external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
Origin of pocket gopher
1870–75, Amer.
Words nearby pocket gopher
pocket calculator,
pocket chisel,
pocket door,
pocket drive,
pocket edition,
pocket gopher,
pocket money,
pocket mouse,
pocket park,
pocket piece,
pocket secretary
Example sentences from the Web for pocket gopher
The name “gopher” is more commonly applied to certain small rodent mammals, particularly the pocket-gopher.
Florida pocket-gopher burrows and their arthropod inhabitants.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches |Louis M. RothMr. Andrews: Mr. Ludlow spoke of the pocket-gopher favoring alfalfa.
When "measuring" chipmunks taxonomically, it is necessary to use a "chipmunk scale" and not, for example, a "pocket-gopher scale."