gopher

Noun

• burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

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

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

• a native or resident of Minnesota

• a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gopher tortoise , gopher turtle , Gopherus polypemus , pocket gopher , pouched rat , ground squirrel , spermophile , Minnesotan , Gopher , goffer