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VALLEY POCKET GOPHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valley pocket gopher mean? 

VALLEY POCKET GOPHER (noun)
  The noun VALLEY POCKET GOPHER has 1 sense:

1. of valleys and mountain meadows of western United Statesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VALLEY POCKET GOPHER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Thomomys bottae; valley pocket gopher

Hypernyms ("valley 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 ("valley pocket gopher" is a member of...):

genus Thomomys; Thomomys (western pocket gophers)


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