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gopher

Any of a group of burrowing rodents. Gophers are a kind of ground squirrel represented by some 20 species distributed across western North America, Europe, and Asia. Length ranges from 15 cm/6 in to 90 cm/16 in, excluding the furry tail; colouring ranges from plain yellowish to striped and spotted species. (Genus Citellus, family Sciuridae.)

The name pocket gopher is applied to the eight genera of the North American family Geomyidae.

Gopher

Menu-based server on the Internet that indexes resources and retrieves them according to user choice via any one of several built-in methods such as FTP or Telnet. Gopher servers can also be accessed via the World Wide Web and searched via special servers called Veronica. Gopher has now been eclipsed by the Web.



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Ed Fallon, vice president of the New York region for Brookfield Properties, saw how the comprehensive knowledge of buildings he gained in a career that began as a gofer in the engine room of 55 Waters Street helped him put together an exceptional team.
Industry's biggest players lead by example by Wolffe, Danielle / Real Estate Weekly
I'm still taking orders more than 60 years later as the gofer around here.
WHEN MEMORIAL DAY IS EVERY DAY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Learn about a field you're interested in by working in it, even if you have to be a low-paid gofer, or even if you have to take an unpaid internship.
Tilting at Windmills by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
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