Gopher
['gofɚ]
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1. Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.
   歌斐木造舟，造，里抹松香。
2. White mouse, big white rat, gopher, guineapig and rabbit for laboratory are not infected with the disease.
   验动白鼠、白鼠、鼠、鼠兔病感染.
3. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
   14 歌斐木造舟，造，里抹松香。

gopher
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1. a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

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2. a native or resident of Minnesota

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

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

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5. burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

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Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See
{Gauffer}.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family
{Geomyid[ae]}; -- called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched
rat}. See {Pocket gopher}, and {Tucan}.

Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to
many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the
earth.

2. One of several western American species of the genus
{Spermophilus}, of the family {Sciurid[ae]}; as, the gray
gopher ({Spermophilus Franklini}) and the striped gopher
({S. tridecemlineatus}); -- called also {striped prairie
squirrel}, {leopard marmot}, and {leopard spermophile}.
See {Spermophile}.

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

4. A large burrowing snake ({Spilotes Couperi}) of the
Southern United States.

{Gopher drift} (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,
following or seeking the ore without regard to regular
grade or section. --Raymond.


Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie,
LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.]
1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of
trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually
characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound
throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky mountains.

From the forests and the prairies,
From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow.

2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called
natural meadow.

{Prairie chicken} (Zo["o]l.), any American grouse of the
genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {Tympanuchus Americanus}
(formerly {Tympanuchus cupido}), which inhabits the
prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the
sharp-tailed grouse.

{Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
{Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in
dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in
the prairies of the United States.

{Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium
terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow
flowers, found in the Western prairies.

{Prairie dog} (Zo["o]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys
Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the
plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in
the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like
that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}.

{Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above.

{Prairie hare} (Zo["o]l.), a large long-eared Western hare
({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}.


{Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo["o]l.), a falcon of
Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts
are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the
under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.

{Prairie hen}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above.


{Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with
intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and
Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch},
{winter itch}.

{Prairie marmot}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above.

{Prairie mole} (Zo["o]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops
argentatus}), native of the Western prairies.

{Prairie pigeon}, {Prairie plover}, or {Prairie snipe}
(Zo["o]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2.

{Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo["o]l.), the massasauga.

{Prairie snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless American snake
({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged
with brown above.

{Prairie squirrel} (Zo["o]l.), any American ground squirrel
of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; --
called also {gopher}.

{Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous
root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the
Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also
{pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}.

{Prairie warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored American
warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow,
with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under
parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the
sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black;
three outer tail feathers partly white.

{Prairie wolf}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Coyote}.