pocket gopher

noun

: gopher sense 2a

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Arizona’s highways funnel rainfall into ditches and thus soften desert soils for pocket gophers, whose tunnels parallel the shoulder like subway lines. — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023 Each is rare and a species of special concern in Minnesota, while many others, like the eastern spotted skunk and northern pocket gopher, are even more threatened. — Star Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020

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1873, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pocket gopher was in 1873

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pocket gopher

noun
: gopher sense 2a

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