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 animals known as the "grey-gopher" and the "striped-gopher" are no gophers at all, but species of ground squirrels.

From Project Gutenberg