gopher

Meaning

Noun

• A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (true gophers).
• The ground squirrel.
• The gopher tortoise.
• The gopher rockfish.
• Alternate spelling of gofer

Origin

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