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striped gopher

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of striped gopher1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
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The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species.

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