NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER

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Meaning:

Greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States

Synonyms:

northern pocket gopher; Thomomys talpoides

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Nouns denoting animals

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

genus Thomomys; Thomomys (western pocket gophers)

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