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gopher tortoise

noun

  1. any North American burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, especially G. polyphemus, of the southeastern U.S.: several species are now reduced in number.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gopher tortoise1

First recorded in 1785–95; gopher 1
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Example Sentences

If the gopher tortoise goes extinct, as foreseen, the dusky gopher frog is one species that will likely follow.

One example of how the partnership can succeed, Tenny said, is the gopher tortoise.

Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision last year not to list the gopher tortoise as endangered or threatened in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and eastern Alabama.

Logging and development are two of the gopher tortoise’s biggest threats.

One is the gopher tortoise whose burrows shelter scores of animal species including mice, foxes, rabbits, snakes, even birds, and hundreds of kinds of insects.

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