striped gopher

noun

1. a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of striped gopher¹

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Example Sentences

The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species.

From Project Gutenberg