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(1):

(n.) One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; - called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

(2):

(n.) A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.

(3):

(n.) A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.

(4):

(n.) One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); - called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Opher'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/opher.html. 1828.
 
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