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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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"You take the branch next the willow stump, I b'lieve; or else the branch by the gopher holes; or else--"
The Road to Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
And when he was supposed to be working in the corn-fields, and the tall stalks hid him from Mombi's view, Tip would often dig in the gopher holes, or if the mood seized him -- lie upon his back between the rows of corn and take a nap.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
They were content to let the small mine-owners gopher out what they could, for there would be millions in the leavings.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
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