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striped gopher
noun
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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