gophers in English

noun
1
a tortoise of dry sandy regions that excavates tunnels as shelter from the sun, native to the southern US.
However, the northernmost range of the gopher tortoise is limited to southern South Carolina.
2
a menu-based system for Internet searching and document retrieval, largely superseded by the World Wide Web.
The Gopher system enabled documents to be listed in a readable, hierarchical method that was relatively easy to navigate.
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1. The official Athletics website for the University of Minnesota Gophers

2. Gophers have small eyes and a short, hairy tail, which they use to feel around tunnels when they walk backwards.

3. Coyotes also benefit ranchers and other property owners by helping control populations of mice, rats, voles, moles, gophers, rabbits, and hares

4. Depending on the species and local conditions, pocket gophers may have a specific annual breeding season, or may breed repeatedly through the year.

5. Adults spend the majority of their lives underground, in burrows created by other animals, such as ground squirrels and gophers; these salamanders are poorly equipped for burrowing.

6. Admins - A day in the lives of two system Admins named Dan and Randy as they annoy users, discuss office politics, and watch gophers at the coffee shop

7. A day in the lives of two system Admins named Dan and Randy as they annoy users, discuss office politics, and watch gophers at the coffee shop.

8. Tridecemlineatus (Mitchill), N thirteen-lined ground squirrel Tamias striatus (Linneaus), I eastern chipmunk Tamiasciurus hudsonicus N (Erxleben), red squirrel Family Geomyidae (pocket gophers) Geomys bursarius (Shaw), plains NW pocket gopher Family Castoridae (beavers) Castor canadensis Kuhl, beaver I The beaver was extirpated by 1900 but was reintroduced.