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1. A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
   - goffer
    
2. Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
   - ground squirrel, spermophile
    
3. Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
   - pocket gopher, pouched rat
    
4. Burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
   - gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, Gopherus polypemus

1. A native or resident of Minnesota
   - Minnesotan

Sounds like: g

Derived forms: gophers

Type of: American, busy bee [informal], eager beaver [informal], live wire [informal], pocket rat, sharpy [informal], squirrel, tortoise

Part of: Citellus, family Geomyidae, genus Citellus, genus Gopherus, genus Spermophilus, Geomyidae, Gopherus, Spermophilus

Encyclopedia: Gopher, Oregon