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Gopher

//ˈɡoʊfɚ// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
An Internet protocol for document search and retrieval. Internet, historical

Noun

1
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
2
Alternative spelling of gofer. alt-of, alternative
"Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and Gas, so he sends an executive gopher named MacIntyre (because that sounds Scottish, yeah – played by Peter Riegert) to close the deal and get the pipeline pencilled in."
3
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America wordnet
4
A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
5
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America wordnet

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A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
7
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops wordnet
8
A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
9
a native or resident of Minnesota wordnet
10
A Golang programmer.
11
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (doublet of waffle). Alternatively, from Muskogean.

Etymology 2

From the gopher, mascot of the University of Minnesota, where the Gopher protocol was developed.

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