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PRONUNCIATION OF POCKET GOPHER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POCKET GOPHER

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Pocket gopher is a noun.
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WHAT DOES POCKET GOPHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pocket gopher

Gopher

Pocket gophers, commonly referred to as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. There are approximately 35 species of gopher living in Central and North America. They are commonly known for their extensive tunneling activities. Gophers are endemic to North and Central America. The name "pocket gopher" on its own may be used to refer to any of a number of genera within the family. These are the "true" gophers; however there are several ground squirrels of the family Sciuridae that are often mistakenly called gophers as well.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POCKET GOPHER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE POCKET GOPHER

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Synonyms and antonyms of pocket gopher in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pocket gopher» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POCKET GOPHER

Find out the translation of pocket gopher to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pocket gopher from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pocket gopher» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

口袋地鼠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tuza
570 millions of speakers

English

pocket gopher
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जेब गोफर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غوفر جيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

карман суслик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gopher de bolso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পকেট গোপার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gaufre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gopher saku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tasche Gopher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホリネズミ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포켓 고퍼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanthong gopher
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

túi gopher
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாக்கெட் கோபர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कप्पा गोफर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cep goferi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gopher tasca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gopher kieszonkowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кишеню ховрашок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buzunar popândău
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γοπχερ τσέπη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pocket gopher
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ficka gopher
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pocket gopher
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pocket gopher

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POCKET GOPHER»

The term «pocket gopher» is normally little used and occupies the 126.046 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pocket gopher

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POCKET GOPHER»

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Habitat Preferences of the Maritime Pocket Gopher on Two ...
Maritime pocket gophers (Geomys personatus maritimus) are a genetically distinct subspecies of pocket gopher that only occurs in deep sandy soils in Nueces and Kleberg counties of southern Texas.
Jorge D. Cortez, 2007
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Laws relating to fur-bearing animals, 1915: a summary of ...
County boards may offer bounty on crow, hawk, pocket gopher, streaked gopher, English sparrow, or rattlesnake (1915, ch. 594, sees. 62.47-62.49). WYOMING. Trapping. — Unlawful to trap game animals or birds or to use their flesh as trap ...
David Ernest Lantz, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 1916
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Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and ...
Species featured in this chapter are the following: Thomomys bottae, Botta's pocket gopher; T. bulbivorus, Camas pocket gopher; T. clusius, Wyoming pocket gopher; T. idahoensis, Idaho pocket gopher; T. mazama, western pocket gopher;  ...
George A. Feldhamer, Bruce C. Thompson, Joseph A. Chapman, 2003
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Assessing Population Genetic Structure of Baird's Pocket ...
Ribsomal-DNA, mitochondrial-DNA, chromosomal, and allozymic studies on a contact zone in the pocket gopher, Geomys. Evolution 43:63-75. Block, S. B., and E. G. Zimmerman. 1991. Allozymic variation and systematics of plains pocket ...
Samuel Robert Kieschnick, 2008
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A Field Guide to the Mammals: North America North of Mexico
VALLEY POCKET GOPHER Thomomys bottae PI. 13 Identification: Head and body 4%-7 in. (122-178 mm); tail 2-3% in. (51 -95 mm); wt. 2%-84(soz. (71 -250 g ). Tbroughout its range this pocket gopher is extremely variable in size and ...
William Henry Burt, 1980
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The Wild Mammals of Missouri
Description (Plate 31) The pocket gopher is a stocky rodent with a body well adapted for both digging and a subterranean life. The head is broad, the neck stout, and the legs and tail are short. A very distinctive characteristic is the pair of  ...
Charles Walsh Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder Schwartz, 2001
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North American Rodents: Status Survey and Conservation ...
Thomomys idahoensis Merriam 1901 Idaho pocket gopher Eric Yensen Hamilton , a geographic range approximately 40km long (Thaeler 1977) of about 200km:. Remarks The most recent specimens in the University of Montana mammal ...
David J. Hafner, Eric Yensen, Gordon L. Kirkland, 1998
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Mammals of Wisconsin
Status and Habits.— The pocket gopher Geomys bursarius was mentioned in the earlier lists of mammals of Wisconsin (Lapham, 1852, 1853; Strong, 1883) as occurring in the state, but no specimens seem to have been available or recorded.
Hartley Harrad Thompson Jackson, 1961
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The Wild Mammals of Wisconsin
Geomys bursarius (Shaw) Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius bursarius ( Shaw) 1800. Mus bursarius Shaw. Trans. Linnaean Soc. London, 5:227. Type from Upper Mississippi Valley. 1817. Diplostoma fusca and D. alba Rafinesque.
Charles A. Long, 2008
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Mammals of North America: (Second Edition)
BAIRD'S POCKET GOPHER Geomys breviceps 192-222mm, 54-67mm,78-150g Limited to sandy soils, or sandy loams in prairie grasslands and oak savannas ( yellow area on map). ATTWATER'S POCKET GOPHER Geomys attwateri ...
Roland W. Kays, Don E. Wilson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POCKET GOPHER»

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What lemonade and gophers have in common
Pocket gophers are bulldozer-like subterranean rats. It's easy to tell where a pocket gopher has set up housekeeping due to the large mound of ... «Watertown Public Opinion, Jul 15»
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Barry Tompkins' Out of My Mind: Bye-bye species, it's been nice …
... the Campo Grande tree frog, the tropical pocket gopher (but don't ever put it in your pocket — very sharp teeth) and the Amsterdam albatross. «Marin Independent Journal, Jul 15»
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Back and Forth: Mayowood baseball lost 76 years has been found
The board pays $2 for a pair of pocket gopher front feet and $1 for stripped gophers. Charles H. Mayo II is the grandson of Charles Horace ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
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Donna Balzer: The dirt on good soil
And sadly, gathering pocket gopher soil is not practical for a large -scale garden. Instead, grow a better garden and build soil with these five tips ... «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»
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Gophers going strong following mild conditions
The district pays a small bounty for each pocket gopher tail brought in, a longstanding practice rooted in the county's legacy of substantial ... «Idaho Press-Tribune, Jun 15»
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Thurston County Enacting More Rigorous Pocket Gopher Reviews
Four subspecies of the Mazama pocket gopher, only found in Thurston and Pierce counties, were listed as threatened under the federal ... «Nisqually Valley News, Jun 15»
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Macabee, an Old Time Maker of Rodent Traps, Doesn't Gopher …
Pocket Gopher Traps: A Collectors Manual,” published in 1997, lists 60 patents issued for the devices over the years. The earliest is dated ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Gopher review plan expected to expedite building permits, county says
... pocket gophers and developers in unincorporated Thurston County has reached an apparent detente. A Mazama Pocket Gopher. | File photo. «The Olympian, Jun 15»
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Hunting in Georgia: 12 Animals Designated Nongame, Endangered …
The southeastern pocket gopher is considered threatened in Georgia with no federal legal status. 3. The gray bat or gray myotis is considered ... «Newsmax, May 15»
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Bounty outlives gophers in some Minnesota city budgets
The city will pay a $1.50 bounty per pocket gopher turned into City Hall. It wasn't in their job description, but the handful of employees at City ... «Watchdog.org, Mar 15»

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