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gopher tortoise

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Etymology

By surface analysis, gopher (“burrowing rodent”, compare translingual Gopherus) +‎ tortoise.

Noun

gopher tortoise (plural gopher tortoises)

Any of the species of the taxonomic genus Gopherus, which are burrowing tortoises of southern North America.

Hyponyms

Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)

Translations

individual of the genus Gopherus of tortoises

Chinese:
Mandarin: 穴龜 / 穴龟 (xuéguī)
Dutch: gopherschildpad (nl) f
French: gophère m
German: Gopherschildkröte f
Hungarian: üregteknős
Russian: го́фер (ru) m (gófer)
Swedish: goffersköldpadda c
Ukrainian: го́фер m (hófer)

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