gopher
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His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
When the New England Patriots signed Mike Vrabel as a young linebacker in 2001, they sent a gopher from the team’s personnel department to scoop him up at the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
An example is the gopher tortoise, which digs burrows that are used by more than 350 other species for breeding, feeding, protection from predators and avoiding extreme temperatures.
From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023
But as time went on the gopher began to be a little impatient, for no female appeared.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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