gopher tortoise

gopher tortoise
any North American burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, esp. G. polyphemus, of the southeastern U.S.: several species are now reduced in number. Also called gopher turtle, gopher.
[1785-95; see GOPHER1]

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