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Gopher tortoise

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.
  2. 2
    burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America wordnet

Etymology

By surface analysis, gopher (“burrowing rodent”, compare translingual Gopherus) + tortoise.

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