gopher — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).

2. A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).

3. A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).

4. A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).

5. A Go programmer.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   I'm not at all advocating for any Gophers to switch to Haskell—there are far too many reasons to keep coding and deploying Go solutions to address here.

Noun

1. a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

   Synonyms

   goffer

   Broader terms

   eager beaverbusy beelive wiresharpiesharpy

2. any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

   Synonyms

   ground squirrelspermophile

   Broader terms

   squirrel

3. burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America

   Synonyms

   pocket gopherpouched rat

   Broader terms

   pocket rat

4. burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

   Synonyms

   gopher tortoisegopher turtleGopherus polyphemus

   Broader terms

   tortoise