PLAINS POCKET GOPHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plains pocket gopher mean? 

• PLAINS POCKET GOPHER (noun)
  The noun PLAINS POCKET GOPHER has 1 sense:

1. gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America

  Familiarity information: PLAINS POCKET GOPHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAINS POCKET GOPHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Geomys bursarius; plains pocket gopher

Hypernyms ("plains pocket gopher" is a kind of...):

gopher; pocket gopher; pouched rat (burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America)

Holonyms ("plains pocket gopher" is a member of...):

genus Geomys; Geomys (type genus of the Geomyidae)