striped gopher


noun
  1. a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.

Origin of striped gopher

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Words Nearby striped gopher

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How to use striped gopher in a sentence

  • The animals known as the "grey-gopher" and the "striped-gopher" are no gophers at all, but species of ground squirrels.

    Science of Trapping | Elmer Harry Kreps