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Noun: pocket gopher  'pó-kit 'gow-fu(r)
  1. Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
    "The pocket gopher's extensive tunnels aerated the soil";
    - gopher, pouched rat

Derived forms: pocket gophers

Type of: pocket rat

Part of: family Geomyidae, Geomyidae

Encyclopedia: Pocket gopher