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May 26, 2012
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go•pher



Pronunciation: (gō'fur), [key]
—n.
1. any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
2. See pocket gopher.
3. See gopher tortoise.
4. See gopher snake.
5. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Minnesota (used as a nickname).

—v.i.
Mining.
a. to mine unsystematically.
b. to enlarge a hole, as in loose soil, with successively larger blasts.

go•pher



Pronunciation: (gō'fur), [key]
—n. Slang.
gofer.

Go•pher



Pronunciation: (gō'fur), [key]
—n.
1. a protocol for a menu-based system of accessing documents on the Internet.
2. any program that implements this protocol.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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