Gopher

Gopher

Gopher may refer to:

* Gopher (animal), including:
** True gopher, i.e. pocket gopher or member of Geomyidae, native to North America
** Richardson's Ground Squirrel, a species of "Spermophilus"
** Ground squirrel, in a loose general sense, Sciuridae
** The Gopher tortoise, "Gopher Tortoise/Gopherus polyphemus"

* Media characters
** Gopher, a character in the Disney version of Winnie the Pooh.
** Character played in "Wonderland" by Michael Pitt
** The Gopher, character in Disney's The Lion King
** "Gophers!", a 1990 UK puppet sit-com starring the voice of Lou Hirsch
** Gordon the Gopher, a puppet gopher appearing on children's TV in the UK.
** The ship's purser on The Love Boat
** A character in the movie, Caddyshack
** Goldy Gopher the mascot of the University of Minnesota

* Member of various groups, including:
** Golden Gophers, University of Minnesota sports teams
** Gopher Gang, early 20th-century New York
** CF Pachuca, a Mexican soccer team whose Spanish nickname means "gophers"

* Minnesota, the "Gopher State."
* Gopher protocol, for the distributed hypertext protocol. Named in honor of, and developed at, the University of Minnesota.
* Gopher wood, of unclear meaning, is mentioned in the Bible as the building material for Noah's ark.
* A "gopher ball" is one of many nicknames for a home run in baseball.
* A Gofer ("go-fer" " [go-for, to fetch] ), or errand-runner
* 9K35 Strela-10 (NATO reporting name: "SA-13 "Gopher"), Soviet anti-air vehicle


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Synonyms:
, (Pseudostoma bursarius or Geomys bursarius) /


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  • Gopher —   [dt. »Taschenratte« (Maskottchen des Bundesstaates und der University of Minnesota), auch gedeutet als Verballhornung des englischen »go for«, das ähnlich ausgesprochen wird (dt. »etwas holen«)], ein menügeführtes Programm, das ähnlich einer… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Gopher — Go pher, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See {Gauffer}.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera {Geomys} and {Thomomys}, of the family {Geomyid[ae]}; called also {pocket gopher} and {pouched rat}. See {Pocket …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Gopher 5 — is an exclusive lottery for the state of Minnesota, named after the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The game is operated by the Minnesota State Lottery. It is currently the most popular lottery game that is exclusive to the state. Gopher 5 was… …   Wikipedia

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