striped gopher
noun
a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
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Origin of striped gopher
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Words nearby striped gopher
stripe, stripe rust, stripe smut, striped, striped bass, striped gopher, striped hyena, striped killifish, striped maple, striped marlin, striped muscle
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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