Gopher
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Gopher is:
- 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 (Winnie the Pooh)- 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
- Member of various groups, including:
- * Golden Gophers, University of Minnesota sports teams
- * Gopher Gang, early 20th-century New York
- * CF Pachuca, soccer team whose Spanish nickname means "gophers"
- Military hardware:
- * SA-13 Gopher missile
- * SS Gopher State (T-ACS-4), ship
- An Italian rapper
- Gopher protocol, for the distributed hypertext protocol
- 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
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